On Dec 14, 4:12*pm, "Keith G" wrote:

And I'm wondering now if I didn't have a Chinese rectifier valve go pop on
me....??

Going *POP* on you is the least of your worries. It is when they melt
into a puddle with the subsequent down-line damage.

I do not stray far from Chinese 5AR4s - and I do keep two for bench
testing purposes.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA