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Can your tubes come lose

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

You Bet! Tubes can come loose from fluctuating hot and cold temperature changes. Alternating temperatures can make a tube "creep" out of it's socket.

Vibrations and movement often loosen up the tubes. If you move your "tube" equipped device, and it's convenient, check the tubes for "snugness".

On circuit boards with chips in sockets, the same thing happens. Back in the day when memory for computers were chips, we called it "chip creep". The chips would sometimes creep up and out of their sockets.

Wires can also come loose at their connections. Sometimes the connectors on the wires are a bit loose right from the factory.

I have a few vintage radio/phonographs and I have to do periodic maintenance on them, cleaning the dust out and checking the snugness of the tubes, to keep them operating as cool as possible. Loose tubes draw more current and get hotter than they already are. If you have an amplified tube equipped device, and it starts to "hum" a little, check the snugness of your tubes.

In short, anything in your system that has a connection that's not soldered, is a potential problem. When troubleshooting a system. Check ALL your connections first. I was a tech for Sears for many years. I worked on all sorts of electro-mechanical devices and systems. I quickly repaired many items by just snugging connectors (especially Tread Mills and Garage Door Openers).

Enjoy Everything!

John B.

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