Hi all,
Been on eBay and bought some Mullards for the Monoblocks. Anyone know what the BVA imports on the box is about?
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BVA imports?
Hi all,
Been on eBay and bought some Mullards for the Monoblocks. Anyone know what the BVA imports on the box is about?
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Hi all,
Been on eBay and bought some Mullards for the Monoblocks. Anyone know what the BVA imports on the box is about?
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Do the valves say Foreign on the glass? As I understand it these would not be made by Mullard but rebranded, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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I'm Andrew.
The key word here being import. As in of foreign manufacture.
I'll have a look and put some pics up. Only £8 the pair so not overly concerned about their origin. Just more of interest
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Says Imported on it with the BVA symbol.
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I wonder what % of classic valves are actually 'knock offs' or of dubiously understood origin?
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Don't forget that Mullard was only a part of the Philips group.
If a 'Mullard' valve was in short supply or not a type made in the UK it had to have 'Foreign' or later 'Imported' on it to comply with BVA rules.
Philips coded (99%) of their valves with an etch code system so you can identify the valve type, the manufacture plant and date it was made.
Have a look round the bases to see if they have a Philips manufacture etched code.
If it is a PC88 there should be a 'JE' type code followed by the symbol of the plant it was made in and then the date code.
Not always easy to see the code though.
Lots more here: https://frank.pocnet.net/other/Phili...CodeListAB.pdf
Like others I wonder if some that we see are now the genuine article. Bigger profit in labelling something Mullard...
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