Hickock 6000 tube tester cleanup
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I'm not sure if you've seen pictures of the Hickock 6000 tube tester but they all have that red cloth like cover on them. The glue on mine was coming off and the red cloth was beginning to peel so I dismantled it.
While poking around in it and trying to figure out what the paper wrapped capacitor was it and the red wire came lose from the meter.
A couple of minutes on the web found that I could replace it with a 47uf 16v to 50v cap. Done!
Red stuff was removed, the glue was sanded off and rather than pretty it up I just coated it with a couple of layers of poly. I reglued the top and a couple of the corners.
And it still works!!
While poking around in it and trying to figure out what the paper wrapped capacitor was it and the red wire came lose from the meter.
A couple of minutes on the web found that I could replace it with a 47uf 16v to 50v cap. Done!
Red stuff was removed, the glue was sanded off and rather than pretty it up I just coated it with a couple of layers of poly. I reglued the top and a couple of the corners.
And it still works!!
Aaron
Enabler Extraordinaire
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Good I've some tubes you could test it out with
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oooh.
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WOW, the Hickock looks brand new. Great job! As the old saying goes 'They don't make 'em like they used to'
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Very nice! I've been looking (patiently) around for a tester. Yeah, I took a nose dive down the rabbit hole! Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
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Interested in the red cloth if still available.I disabled signatures.
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Makes me want it back! Nice work Aaron. Nice wood box under that wrap.
I got that from Brent Jessee.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
Good I've some tubes you could test it out with
Send 'em! Just don't send 100's...Very nice! I've been looking (patiently) around for a tester. Yeah, I took a nose dive down the rabbit hole!
Brent Jesse is a good source, not cheap but his have been gone over and calibrated. This damn rabbit hole...
Interested in the red cloth if still available.
There's always one....always...SCompRacer wrote: »Makes me want it back! Nice work Aaron. Nice wood box under that wrap.
I got that from Brent Jessee.
NO!! Mine...ALL mine!!! It has provided many hours of "entertainment". And weeded out what should have been or were advertised as "strong" tubes but proved to be not so strong after all.
Aaron
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IMO (and FWIW), calibration is everything with a Hickok. Not that they're unreliable (they're well designed and well built) but, sans calibration, the numbers they yield are just numbers. When they're properly calibrated, the Hickoks yield numbers that you can take to the bank.
