30W wrote:
Hello all,

I ordered some replacement tubes for an old radio for a friend. All
the tubes seemed ok except for two. One of them is missing a pin that
the original had and one has an extra pin that the original did not.

My question is do these pins matter? Is it possible all the pins are
not being used?


Original Tube Replacement Pins
6BG6GA 6BG6G Extra pin
35Y4 35Y4 Missing pin

They are going in a Sears Silvertone Radionet.


Thanks alot for any info!!

M. M.

Hi M M

If it's any help at all, my ever shortening memory has me believing
that the last digit of the type indicates the number of pins actually used.

Ken