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Steps to follow when changing your valves in your amp

Amplifier valves get hot and there are very high voltages present, so make sure the amp is switched off and and the valves are cold. Hot amp valves can give you a bad burn ! The output valves , the rectifier, and ECC99’s all get especially hot ! My most recent burn was off the little output valve in the picture above, the EL84 output pentode The first basic question is how often to replace

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“Why don’t valves ( tubes) have One Year warranty ?”

I offer 120 day warrant on valves ( tubes) . Why is this so great and why dont valves have a one year warranty like everything else?

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Why Change the rectifier valve in your amp

Rectifier Valve ? Many of the vintage amplifiers such as the Vox AC30 , Fender Twin Reverb use a rectifier valve. Other amps use modern silicon diodes. The rectifier valve ( or diode) is a key part of your amplifier’s power supply. Its job is to “convert” or rectify the AC voltage coming from the transformer into the high DC voltage needed by your valves in your amplifier. The output valves need the highest voltage

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Steps to follow when changing your valves in your amp

“Why don’t valves ( tubes) have One Year warranty ?”

Why Change the rectifier valve in your amp

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