BVA imports?

[Bigman80]

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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[anthonyTD]

British Valve Association!
http://www.r-type.org/addtext/add122.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Valve_Association
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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[Bigman80]

British Valve asSociation!Oooooooohh

Sound. Thank you.

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[Lawrence001]

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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[agk]

The key word here being import. As in of foreign manufacture.

[Bigman80]

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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[Bigman80]

Says Imported on it with the BVA symbol. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171231/ec41c8c4503444853526d6453c4acc2a.jpg

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[sq225917]

I wonder what % of classic valves are actually 'knock offs' or of dubiously understood origin?

[Bigman80]

I wonder what % of classic valves are actually 'knock offs' or of dubiously understood origin?Lol, no idea. It's good fun though.

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[snowman_al]

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/Philips/PhilipsCodeListAB.pdf

Like others I wonder if some that we see are now the genuine article. Bigger profit in labelling something Mullard...

[Barry]

Like others I wonder if some that we see are now the genuine article. Bigger profit in labelling something Mullard...

Counterfeit valves are quite common; especially those of well-regarded and sought after manufacturers such as Siemens and Telefunken.

[Bigman80]

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/Philips/PhilipsCodeListAB.pdf

Like others I wonder if some that we see are now the genuine article. Bigger profit in labelling something Mullard...Great information!!! I'll have a look [emoji3]

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[jandl100]

I was peeved once when a "Telefunken" valve I bought off ebay turned out not to have the diamond on its base.
Actually I didn't return it as it sounded very good!

[Bigman80]

I was peeved once when a "Telefunken" valve I bought off ebay turned out not to have the diamond on its base.
Actually I didn't return it as it sounded very good![emoji54]



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