Vintage Sylvania SX-226 vacuum tube. Code 40, Globe bottle, Cursive engraved base, Green Leaf sticker on top. This tube has probably been used.

I allow tubes to warm up before testing and test twice. No shorts or gas. On my TV-7D/U the test results are as follows;

  • Minimum Good = 29 (725 mho)
  • This tube tested at 36 (900 mho)


A TV-7D/U is a dynamic mutual conductance type service tube tester with a meter graduated from 0-120. This is not 0-120 percent. The numbers on a TV-7D/U meter are relative to the test settings in the set-up manual. For many amplifier tubes these test numbers can be converted to micromhos (mho) for relative comparison. Most service type testers will vary with each other in readings and from laboratory or factory testers due to testing parameters. The readings stated above are what my tester shows. It has been completely refurbished, upgraded and calibrated by one of the best and is checked for calibration on a regular basis.

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