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The curves i published here are for a e88cc, a long life tube (10000 hours) .To get the maximum life time the manufacturer say this:btw read also the rest of the datasheet because there are more important things to know about tubes.http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/sheets/030/e/E88CC.pdf
Oh, and thanks to all for returning this thread to a civil discussion. I hate sending stuff to the IGWB.
Agreed! But what's the IGWB?
5% of 6,3V = 0,3V+/- 5% = between 6,0V and 6,6V17% lower means 5,2V ( or if you have a 7dj8 7,6V....6,3V )
I found the 7DJ8 spec sheet. It is equivalent to a PCC88.7DJ8/PCC88 Data Sheet
I found the 7DJ8 spec sheet. It is equivalent to a PCC88.7DJ8/PCC88 Data SheetThe impact of running the heater at 10% below spec doesn't jump out at me, however. I assume it's going to be similar to what E55's posted for the ECC88?
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=111.0
I am not taking sides, just providing one piece of information.Some manufacturers set the filament voltage to 6.0 volts. CheersSteve
If those manufacturers had read the datasheet of the tubes they would have known that that is a stupid action.Tube life........
Response by E55l2.Do you mean those who are recommending the 7.6 volt filament be run at 6.3 volts E55?? I am discussing 6.3 volt filament tubes being run at 6.0 volts, which is within +/-5%. I may not have been clear in my last post.CheersSteve
Those 7DJ8s should work fine. Kevin sells them at a fair price. I used to have an AH njob 4000 tube modded Marantz CD player that used these. You could run 7DJ8, 6DJ8, 6922, or 7308. I now have a Audio Horizons tube buffer which will use any of these above listed tubes interchangeably. Buying from a trusted source is a crapshoot, unless you have a tube tester to check them. Luckily, I have a good supply and an old TV7 tube tester and can check them when I get new ones, and/ or to check the ones in my systems strength every several hundred hours of use. These guys last a long time. I usually get over a year out of a pair of tubes.