ATTENTION!: THIS IS A CD, NOT A PHYSICAL/PAPER BOOK!!! Getting The Most out of Vacuum Tubes by Robert Tomer (1960) on CD - PDF EBook "Types and causes of tube failures, what to expect from tubes, testing methods and all about tube maintenance programs." Nice book - 164 pages in PDF format in Zip on CD Language: English Chapter Contents of the book on the CD: 1. CATASTROPHIC FAILURES Glass Failures - Heater Failures - Arcing - Fixed versus Bias 2. DEGENERATIVE FAILURES Gas - Getters - Spurious Emissions - Interelectrode Leakage - Interface Resistance - Cathode Depletion 3. SUBJECTIVE FAILURES Hum - Microphonics - Noise 4. CHARACTERISTIC VARIABLES Predicting Variables - How Standards Are Set - The Bogey Tube - The Limit Tube - Correlating Measurements - Typical Correlation- Characteristic Spreads - Quality Control - Sampling - Design Tolerances 5. SELECTED AND PREMIUM TUBES How Tubes Are Selected-Results of Tube Selection Premium Tubes - The Multi-Spec Tubes - Standardization and Reliability - How Standards Are Set-Universal Tubes - The Universal Commodity - Defining Reliability - Reliability and Standardization 6. WHY SO MANY TUBE TYPES? Filament Voltage Sources - 2-Volt and 6.3-Volt Tubes - TV Types - Hybrid Types - Physical Changes - Miniatures and Subminiatures - Multipurpose Tubes - Electrical Characteristics - Competition - Technological Developments 7. PREDICTING TUBE PERFORMANCE Life Expectancy By Structure - Life Expectancy By Application - Tests for Initial Performance - Predicting Life 8. TUBE TESTERS Early Tube Testers - Classification of Tube Testers Shorts and Gas Tests - Maintenance Practices 9. SPECIAL-PURPOSE TUBES Filamentary Tubes - Low-Voltage Tubes - Phototubes - Voltage-Regulator Tubes - Thyratrons 10. METHODS FOR LENGTHENING TUBE LIFE Measuring Bulb Temperature - Dissipation Control Voltage and Current Regulation - Low-Voltage Operation - Mechanical-Maintenance COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS: This old book on CD on PDF in ZIP format after copy it to the computer or put it to the device will work on all PC, MAC Computers, tablets and mobile phones. The softwares needed are adobe reader/adobe reader app and WinZip program which in most cases are already loaded onto your computer/device, if not can be downloaded for free. It will be shipped by UPS/Air mail as a CD and money back guarantee! Windows and Mac compatable Important! Non US buyers please be sure that your State/Province/Region element is filled by you well either in your paypal account?s Account Settings/Account owner information/Address section or in your Bonanza account?s Account Dashboard/Settings/Account Info/Contact Address section when you make order because this is necessary in order that the order processing can be a little bit quicker! Thank you for your cooperation! Ringostarn Shipping is Free.