[gman74]

I brought a pair of Western Electric 396A Tubes that i recently purchased to my local electronics store to be tested. That number was not in there catalog. Neither was 5670 which is an equivalent value. I know the work. I just want to make sure they are matched. Any ideas on what to do?

[mresseguie]

Hi, gman74.

Since your post is about vacuum tubes, and this is the solid state circle, I'm going to move this over to the Tube-O-Phile circle. That's where you're more likely to find good answers to your questions.

Best regards,

Michael

[Scott F.]

The 2C51 is an equivalent.  That should be in the tube tester database.

[gman74]

Thank you Michael.

And thank you Scott, I will see if they have that.

I am still open to other suggestions just in case.

[sfox7076]

Michael is right, but you should ask what tester they have before you go back there so you can have the settings with you as well.  I am sure we can find you settings if their roll chart is missing the 2C51.  If it is a Hickok, this page will have all the settings for the 2C51 (or you could try the WE supplemental data if it is a 539B).  http://www.stevenjohnson.com/hickok/data.htm).

Shawn

[gman74]

I called the store and they told me the Tube Tester is a Mercury Electronics.

[gman74]

I found a PDF chart from 1968 to down load. But I did not see 396a, 5670, 2C51, 6385, 6CC42, 6N3P. I did see 6N3, but I don't know if that will work.

[Poultrygeist]

I replaced the crappy Chinese 6n3 tubes in my Dared 2a3 amp with the WE 396a/2c51 and wow what an improvement.

The WE 396a/2c51 are creme dela creme