What shorted tubes look like

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This has been popping up recently, so I found some pics of what tubes look like when they've got shorts in them. Some can be fixed with a rejuvenator. I thought everytime they shorted, it shorted all the way to the edge of the tube but apparently that's not always the case. You can tell from the pics though what they look like; the big difference between a shorted transistor and a shorted tube is that the shorted tube will have retrace lines, the shorted transistor won't, everything will just be blue/red/or green with no retrace lines.

So, here's some pics, all scooped up off the board in other posts!
 

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