Re: I got it! The story and the questions...

[Kristofer Kjvrling <e94_kkj@elixir.e.kth.se>]

Hi!

What a story!! I'm sorry for all your troubles and I hope everything will work 
out fine in the end.
I'm not an hammond expert so can't answer all your hammond questions, but
concerning the tubes: lighting up very intense for a second when turned on, I 
can
assure you that this is perfectly normal. 
It is sort of a safety device used in European tubes to reduce effects of 
"turn-on-currents".
This is not equally common in U.S tubes why we Europeans get a good laugh when 
our
tubes scare you with it's intense light :-)   
Thus, No need to worry!

European tubes have a different type numbering. The are labeled with letters
and numbers, eg. E C L G Z 34 80 81 82 83 84 ...
example: 12ax7 is equal to ECC83 where E stands for 6.3 volt heater CC stands 
for double triode. 83 is just s type number.

If you search the web for vaccum tubes you'll find a lot of info on different 
tubes
and usually they are all filed under both U.S and European names, so you can 
easily
make out which ones that are the same.

Good luck!
Kristofer Kjörling