[geeks] Vacuum tube testing

[Matthew Braun]

A few years back, when my grandfather died, we looted his house for 
stuff and among the items I walked away with was a collection of old 
vacuum tubes. A good number of them are still in their original boxes 
but some of them are obviously nonfunctional, and I was looking into 
testing them before I put the tubes up for sale. I've spoken to radio 
shops about using or renting tube testers, but they say I should just 
buy one. While I can get one on Ebay for around $50, it seems silly 
given that I'll only need it for a short while.

I was wondering if anyone has experience testing tubes or has a tester 
that they'd be willing to rent out. No sense letting these tubes just 
fester in my basement when others out there could be putting them to 
good use.

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