The Surprisingly Long Life of the Vacuum Tube

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-surprisingly-long-life-of-the

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"This is something I learned from myths. What am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light, or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle?" - Skywalker Ranch

Am I the Data or am I the Bulb? #GlassBulb #VacuumTube

Am I the information or am I #Electric ?

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Mr. Carlson acquired an instrument tuner. It doesn't just use vacuum tubes, it uses vacuum tubes, a custom pulsing neon tube, _multiple_ very custom transformers, a giant hidden reference tuning fork, a motor, and a 12-speed transmission gearbox, and it came to him fully working and _recently in service_.

Basically if you're into holy shit old electrics, you will probably enjoy this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stxd_YMHF3U

(for reference, you can get phone apps for this, or you can buy little dedicated standalone devices the size of... idk, a thick credit card, or also the kind that's smaller and has a clip pickup that attaches to your instrument head. BUT NOT IN 1930)

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