"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much, However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

I don't recall Woodward, but the Schumacher script type on the tester looks
like the same script of the present-day Schumacher company that produces
automotive battery chargers. They might have some other information
regarding the history of the tester.

Cheers
WB
................

"Bobby Longsocks" wrote in message
...

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page
above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much,
However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my
curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop
me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

its a filament continuity tester

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:12:15 +0000, Wild Bill wrote:

I don't recall Woodward, but the Schumacher script type on the tester
looks like the same script of the present-day Schumacher company tha


It is, it used to be called Woodward-Schumacher.


produces automotive battery chargers.

Yep, they're at http://www.batterychargers.com/

They might have some other
information regarding the history of the tester.

Doubtful, but who knows?

From what I can discern, what this thing does is
put a neon bulb in series with the plate or cathode,
if the tube is drawing current, the bulb lights up.

It's a simple go/no-go test, and doesn't tell you
if the tube has defects other than lack of
emission. So its usefulness basically extends to
ferreting out truly dead tubes.


--
Ned Carlson Triode Electronics Chicago,IL USA
www.triodeelectronics.com

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

"Bobby Longsocks" wrote in message
...

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page
above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much,
However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my
curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop
me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

I got a good laugh out of the FREE! Instruction Manual.

--
"Stay calm. Be brave. Wait for the signs."

regards,

Frank Johansen
Aurora, Ontario

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

"Wbelsito" wrote in message
...
its a filament continuity tester

Right. Built one in about 1950 from a Pop'tronics article.

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

I don't know if you want to part with this tester, but I'd like to be
the first to offer to buy it from you. I'll offer my starting bid at
$5000.00, plus pay actual shipping. You might get more at an antique
store but at least I'll use it, not just put it on a shelf to decay.

Mark Reedman



Stand by! How many do you want? I don't have this exact model but I
can fake that. Bargain - $1000 ea.

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:03:03 -0500 wrote in
Message id: :

I don't know if you want to part with this tester, but I'd like to be
the first to offer to buy it from you. I'll offer my starting bid at
$5000.00

If this isn't a troll, then I must say

HOLY COW!

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Pleasecomment
 

Appears to be nothing more than a filament tester, which tells you NOTHING about
tube condition.

Bobby Longsocks wrote:

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much, However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

In article ,
says...
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 02:29:31 GMT, Bobby Longsocks
wrote:


Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much, However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

I don't know if you want to part with this tester, but I'd like to be
the first to offer to buy it from you. I'll offer my starting bid at
$5000.00, plus pay actual shipping. You might get more at an antique
store but at least I'll use it, not just put it on a shelf to decay.

Mark Reedman



I'm more interested in a trade really... I'm in the market for a nice Bridge,
or an acre of swamp land - can you hook me up ??

Bobby

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

Yeah but its cooool.I like seeing any of that old stuff.Them were the days when just about everything ran off tubes and every drug
store or 5 and 10 had a tester and a cabinet full of tubes.NOS tubes that are now treated like gold were then nothing more valuable
than a flashlight bulb.

"Bobby Longsocks" wrote in message ...

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much, However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

Bobby Longsocks wrote:

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much, However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

If it's what I think it is, it is a filament tester only and does nothing
else. They were a dollar or two at Dart Drugs.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

Ned Carlson wrote:

From what I can discern, what this thing does is
put a neon bulb in series with the plate or cathode,
if the tube is drawing current, the bulb lights up.

It's just a neon lamp in series with the filament! If the filament is
good, it lights up! It does not even do real emission testing. Since
the current through the neon lamp is minimal, it does not even illuminate
the filament.

It's a simple go/no-go test, and doesn't tell you
if the tube has defects other than lack of
emission. So its usefulness basically extends to
ferreting out truly dead tubes.

Not even that. But if you have a TV with a series string, most of your
failures will be open filaments anyway.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

"Bobby Longsocks" wrote in message
...

Pictures at .....

http://www.kalmusky.com/TT

It's a "Woodward-Schumacher ELECT. CORP" From Chicago Illinois.

I Know it's not worth any "real dough" since I made the little web-page
above,
I did research "tube tester's" in general, generally not worth much,
However I
can't find another one of these on the internet, It's just peaked my
curiosity,
when it was made, if anyone collects paraphanillia (sp?) like this, drop
me an
e-mail, from the link on the page.

Thanks

Best bet is to see if Schumacher wants to buy it from you for their museum,
if the have one. Maybe you could plant the idea. Cool find anyhow.

"TUBE GUYS" - Found this Pocket tube Tester In the Rafters - Please comment
 

In article ,
says...
You got yourself a deal. I'm hooking you up right now. Lets see....
I put the red wire on the power source, hook the blue wire to the
bridge rail, the green wire to the bridge ground terminal, and the
black wire to the bridge rectifier. Now I flip the master SPST toggle
switch while rotating the 500K potentiometer until I achieve 150,000
DC volts.......

There you go!
A bridge should pop out of your monitor at precisely 24:15 hours GMT
(military time). I suggest you stand at least 8 feet from your
monitor at that time, and be sure to use a secure grounding wrist
anti-static strap connected to a 800 foot ground rod sunk fully into
solid bedrock. Later you can use that same ground rod to secure your
bridge.

When you get the bridge, be sure to send me the tester immediately.

Good doing business with you

Mark Reedman


Mark, I put the 2 test leads of the "Vintage Pocket Tube Tester" on the DC
output of your Bridge Rectifier circuit, the 150,000 vdc turned the little box
into a clear / red / white marble looking hockey puck.

you play hockey ?