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LARGE 6V6??
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LARGE 6V6??
G'day.... Has anyone ever seen 6V6's that are this tall (see pic)....? The amp's maker, but not the previous owner, said the amp performed well with them, & they could be Chinese oddballs.... They're totally unmarked, and the one on the far right, or on top, is my standard sized Tung-Sol 6V6....
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Stevem
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Re: LARGE 6V6??
More then likely Russian made I would say.
The Chinese would never waste money / send profit down the drain by using extra glass to make a tube.
The Chinese would never waste money / send profit down the drain by using extra glass to make a tube.
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Re: LARGE 6V6??
If they are totally unmarked, what would make you think that they are 6V6?zozoe wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 3:39 pm G'day.... Has anyone ever seen 6V6's that are this tall (see pic)....? The amp's maker, but not the previous owner, said the amp performed well with them, & they could be Chinese oddballs.... They're totally unmarked, and the one on the far right, or on top, is my standard sized Tung-Sol 6V6....
many thanks ॐ
Re: LARGE 6V6??
Try measuring how much heater current they draw. My guess is that it’ll be more like 0.9A each than 0.45A 
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Re: LARGE 6V6??
not russian.. russian version is 6P6S, short bottle black glass
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If they are totally unmarked, what would make you think that they are 6V6?
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ONLY because it's what the amp calls for, and that I bought it from the builder, RC Davis, but he wasn't the last owner... He said it works well, but I wanna stay on the side of another owner's errors, and give it what's truly called for..... ॐ
If they are totally unmarked, what would make you think that they are 6V6?
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ONLY because it's what the amp calls for, and that I bought it from the builder, RC Davis, but he wasn't the last owner... He said it works well, but I wanna stay on the side of another owner's errors, and give it what's truly called for..... ॐ
Re: LARGE 6V6??
Looks like a Russian 6P3S (6L6 derivate)
Re: LARGE 6V6??
I'm gonna ditch them for something I'm certain about...
Thnx all!!
Thnx all!!
Re: LARGE 6V6??
some pics from top will help.. can be yes 6P3S, this is thenclose to 6L6 (not GC version) or 5881 tube - 19W dissipation, slight overkill for 6V6
Re: LARGE 6V6??
RCA set up a valve production facility and provided training for the Soviets in 1937. So rather than being a derivative / reverse engineered 6L6, the 6P3S (or at least what became the 6P3S) may have been a fully licensed / approved 6L6
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian ... signations
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Stevem
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Re: LARGE 6V6??
They would then be a 6L6B and the in line exit of all the internal leads limits the voltage that can be placed on them without arcing.
When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather did, peacefully in his sleep.
Not screaming like the passengers in his car!
Cutting out a man's tongue does not mean he’s a liar, but it does show that you fear the truth he might speak about you!
Not screaming like the passengers in his car!
Cutting out a man's tongue does not mean he’s a liar, but it does show that you fear the truth he might speak about you!