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13th Jan 2017, 6:02 pm | #1 |
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Testing a Nuvistor on a VCM163?
Has anyone on the Forum ever tested a Nuvistor on a 163? I've been trying to do it (both a 6CW4 and a 7586, which have the same pin outs) but I'm not getting meter readings and I can't see if the heaters are lit . Checked out the selector settings (080 400 010 2030 00) in various different editions of the Avo Data Manuals and they all say the same.
Maybe the socket is badly tarnished after decades of nil use? B
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13th Jan 2017, 6:51 pm | #2 |
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Re: Testing a Nuvistor on a VCM163?
Might be worth doing a resistance check on the heater pins. Also it should be possible to measure heater current somehow with a supply and multimeter away from the machine. It's possible the book settings are wrong but I have never had cause to test a nuvistor on mine so can't advise you there.
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13th Jan 2017, 7:54 pm | #3 |
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Re: Testing a Nuvistor on a VCM163?
I've seen quite a few poor sockets but also loose wires on the underside, some have just come off of the socket pins and some pins have been broken but I've also seen shorts as the wires are soldered quite close to each other and some of those shorts didn't happen until the nuvistor was pressed down into the socket.
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13th Jan 2017, 8:25 pm | #4 |
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Re: Testing a Nuvistor on a VCM163?
Hey....it's working - with the selector settings noted above, getting good readings as per book. Either there's a socket-tarnish problem or some wiring problem that I need to find, but it eventually delivered.
It is a very long time since I did anything with a Nuvistor and I had forgotten how fine those "pins" are and how getting them to sit properly in the socket requires a "confident" push (and a prayer?). I think some good contact cleaner/lubricant is advisable. Thanks for the comments. B
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