6P1 tube question

[LoStrings]

I have a B&K Dyna Jet 606 tube tester, and I’m trying to figure out what settings to use for a 6P1 tube. Can anyone help?

 

[Lavane]

If it's a Chinese 6P1 signal tube, there isn't an equivalent drop in substitute.

 

[LoStrings]

If it's a Chinese 6P1 signal tube, there isn't an equivalent drop in substitute.

I’m looking for what settings to use to test the tube on my Dyna Jet 606.

 

[Lavane]

If it had a drop in replacement you could use those settings to get an idea of the health of that tube, but since there isn't one, that's going to be difficult.

 

[LoStrings]

If it had a drop in replacement you could use those settings to get an idea of the health of that tube, but since there isn't one, that's going to be difficult.

Gotcha...I was hoping there would be an option.

 

[Lavane]

The 6AQ5 is electrically the same I believe, but you would need to make a socket adaptor to test the 6P1 as a 6AQ5. There are plenty of Russian 6P1P's available pretty cheap though.

 

[StepheK]

I would look at the test settings for a 6AQ5, then look at the pinouts of both and adapt the 6AQ5 setting to suit this other tube.

 

[linuxslate]

I think I just threw away what looked like a 7 pin plug. I think it was missing a pin. It could have been part of some sort of DIN plug, but it looked more like the size of a tube socket, and it was from a bunch of "vintage" parts.

It would have been easy to make an adapter.

The other option is to use a 9 pin plug to make an adapter, and test it as a 6CM6. 9 pin tube-socket-compatible plugs seem to be readily available.

With the rise of the Chi-Fi amp, and the (mentioned) availability of 6п1п's, such an adapter may not be a bad thing to have around.

You can always use a dead tube as a plug, you'd just have to do something (carefully) to remove or prevent contact with sharp glass. It needs to be physically and electrically safe.