Another standby switch thread

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My first tube "anything" did not have a standby switch, but it took about 5 minutes before any noise came out of my 1957 VW Beetles all tube radio.
It freaked some people out how the radio came on all by itself, it just needed time to warm up.

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Well....I wasn't gonna mention it but since you brought it up 

I was reading this the day before yesterday and of course I instantly remembered you talking about your car radio

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Diagram and text Art Margolis

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In contrast (apparently) TV tube heaters are (were) in series

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I guess my job now is to find out if my tube amp heater circuit is like an old TV or the 📻 radio in TV's car 🚗

 

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Ok now it makes sense why in another thread I suspected a tube and G1 had me check for heater voltage ⚡

I bet many innocent tubes are wrongly accused and framed