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previous: fet Lately I've been thinking about buy... -- 11/12/1999 6:21 PM view thread

Re: Tubes up or tubes down?

11/12/1999 6:31 PM
peterRe: Tubes up or tubes down?
The Radiotron Designer's Handbook recommends  
against 'tubes down' mounting a la fender  
for reason of poorer heat flow. Presumably  
a cooling fan would make this a moot point...  
 
I have been debating this point also for  
building a new head...  

 
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Stephen Conner Tubes up all the way -- 11/15/1999 1:52 PM