Vacuum Tube "grids"

Anyone know if essentially the design of the grids(gird, screen, suppressor,
etc..) are virtually identical? i.e., could some application potentially use
the suppression grid for the normal grid and the circuit still work if it is
not too critical?

I have some pentodes I'd like to play around with for audio amplification
and want to try some ideas out such as tieing all the grids together. As far
as I can tell the construction for the different grids are electrically
equivalent? Maybe different voltage/current ratings and obviously different
geometrically but seems beyond that one could play around with it?



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    ... the suppression grid for the normal grid and the circuit still work if it is ... screen grid is sometimes better identified as a "beam forming plate". ... The screen grid is NEVER a "beam forming plate". ...
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  • Re: Vacuum Tube "grids"
    ... the suppression grid for the normal grid and the circuit still work if it is ... screen grid is sometimes better identified as a "beam forming plate". ... The screen grid is NEVER a "beam forming plate". ...
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