EL 36?? one more bad buy or what?

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EL 36?? one more bad buy or what?

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Hello from Hellas(Greece)! :D

From an old store (closed for 20 years), I found some old tubes such as EL 84 Edicron EL 36 (TV audio)made by "RSD" the owner ask pennies for about 20 pieces...any suggestions about EL 36's? with a fast look at some internet talk they dont say much about these bulbs...anyway I'll try to make an amp with these babies,so any help/link/schematic even from a TV are welcome...I hate to throw old horses...

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Hi, this is a link to a website of a friend using the EL 36 (12 of them) in a 500W bass amplifier: http://www.chambonino.com/construct/const8.html

Please let me know if you need any further help

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Get your data sheets here:
http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/vs.html

Here's an audio application:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/cool386/6cm5/6cm5.htm

And there's more here:
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~cambie/EL36.htm

So ... when do you leave for Australia?
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I got a few of these NOS/NIB Mullards. I guess I'll try a PP amp with them.

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nassosxlvbros wrote:Hello from Hellas(Greece)! :D

From an old store (closed for 20 years), I found some old tubes such as EL 84 Edicron EL 36 (TV audio)made by "RSD" the owner ask pennies for about 20 pieces...any suggestions about EL 36's? with a fast look at some internet talk they dont say much about these bulbs...anyway I'll try to make an amp with these babies,so any help/link/schematic even from a TV are welcome...I hate to throw old horses...

see ya :D
The EL36 was Mullard's answer to the 6L6GC, it was different enough that they didn't infringe any patents.

Oh yeah, suggestions... PENNIES EACH? BUY 'EM ALL!
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Anybody want to work on a 2XEL-36 PP project? I'm in...


Could be fun. I can also get some more of thos NOS/NIB Mullards! :D
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WAIDAMINNIT, EL36? I wuz thinkin' EL37. I got EL37s in my bin, no EL36s.

One more reason to "buy 'em fer pennies"! :lol:
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That 500Watt bass amps sounds cool! I think I need one for my basement! :lol:

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allynmey wrote:That 500Watt bass amps sounds cool! I think I need one for my basement! :lol:

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O.T. but why build a 500 watt bass amp when I got an early SVT... the one with the 6146 tubes.
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The UK ad for the SVT used to show a picture of the USS Enterprise with speech bubbles appearing from it:
Kirk: Break out my SVT amp and stack, Mr Spock, I wish to boldly go
Spock: Right away, Captain
Scotty: Och, captain, the crystals winnae stand it!

I rest my case.
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