Electronic tube type
Rectifier - Damper Diode vacuum tubes
Rectifier - Damper Diode records in Tube Tinker cover 181 tube designations, including 788 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 181
- Original datasheets
- 788
- Variation families
- 33
- Tubes with alternatives
- 121
About Rectifier - Damper Diode tubes
This type applies if the tube is described as a damper diode.
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 3.15–53.2 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0.15–4 A
Common rectifier - damper diode characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- 4CG22
- 9HP18
- 9CB8
- 12FX7
- 12GA4
- 12GK4
- E9-114
- 12BL3
Sockets
- B9A68
- IO34
- B12C18
- B9E6
- B9D4
- B7G3
- EDISON1
- OCTAL51
Constructions
- Rectifier171
- BeamPower-Diode8
- DamperDiode1
- Diode-Pentode1
Rectifier - Damper Diode tube list
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12AF3 Rectifier
Indirectly heated diode designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with high heater-cathode insulation, roughly 5 kV peak-inverse capability, and substantial pulse-current handling.
- Base
- 9CB
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12AX3 Rectifier
High-voltage television damper diode designed for horizontal-deflection circuits, with approximately 5 kV peak-inverse rating, high pulse current, and controlled heater warm-up.
- Base
- 12BE
- Socket
- B12C
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12AX4GT Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed primarily as a television horizontal-deflection damping diode, providing high inverse-voltage capability for sweep-circuit energy recovery.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12AX4GTA Rectifier
Television horizontal-deflection damping diode with controlled heater warm-up, a heater-voltage variant of the corresponding 6AX4 family.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12AX4GTB Rectifier
High-voltage television horizontal-deflection damper diode with approximately 5 kV peak-inverse capability, high pulse current, and controlled heater warm-up.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12AY3 Rectifier
12.6-volt heater variant of the 6AY3 half-wave vacuum rectifier, explicitly intended for television horizontal-deflection damper service.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12AY3A Rectifier
Novar half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a damper tube in television horizontal-deflection circuits, with controlled warm-up and high inverse-voltage capability.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12B3 Rectifier
Canadian Westinghouse 12B3 indirectly heated television horizontal-deflection damper diode with 12.6 V 0.6 A heater, 4400 V peak inverse voltage and cathode top cap.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12BE3 Rectifier
High-voltage television damper diode for horizontal-deflection service, with approximately 5 kV peak-inverse capability and controlled heater warm-up.
- Base
- 26E
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12BE3A Rectifier
Compactron single heater-cathode diode designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with high inverse-voltage capability and controlled heater warm-up.
- Base
- 12GA
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12BR3 Rectifier
Indirectly heated high-current television damper diode, electrically equivalent to 6BR3 except heater rating. Its controlled-warm-up construction is intended for horizontal-deflection energy-recovery service.
- Base
- E9-11
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12BS3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, supplied as a 12.6-volt-heater member of its damper-diode family.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12BS3A Rectifier
Novar half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a television horizontal-deflection damper tube, with approximately 5 kV peak-inverse capability and controlled warm-up.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12BT3 Rectifier
Compactron television damping diode designed for horizontal-deflection sweep-circuit service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12CK3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for black-and-white television horizontal-deflection damper service, using a 12.6-volt heater.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12CL3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a damper tube in television horizontal-deflection circuits, recovering sweep energy while withstanding high inverse voltage.
- Base
- 9
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12CT3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a damper tube in television horizontal-deflection circuits, explicitly documented as a heater variant of its corresponding family.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12D4 Rectifier
Indirectly heated television damping diode and half-wave rectifier, explicitly documented as a heater-rating variant of the 6DA4 family.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12D4A Rectifier
Indirectly heated diode designed for horizontal-frequency damper service, built to withstand the high-voltage pulses encountered in direct-drive television deflection circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12DM4 Rectifier
Indirectly heated half-wave rectifier designed specifically as a television horizontal-deflection damper diode, with high inverse-voltage and pulse-current capability.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12DM4A Rectifier
Indirectly heated half-wave rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with high heater-cathode insulation and approximately 5 kV inverse-voltage capability.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12DQ4 DamperDiode
12DQ4 rectifier - damper diode electronic tube specifications and datasheets.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12DW4A Rectifier
Novar half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a damper tube in television horizontal-deflection circuits.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12GK17 Rectifier
High-perveance half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television damper service, with controlled heater warm-up for series-string receiver operation.
- Base
- B5-85
- Socket
- B12C
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
16AQ3 Rectifier
Miniature high-voltage booster diode designed for line-time-base circuits of transformerless television receivers, with exceptionally high heater-cathode pulse-voltage capability.
- Base
- 9CB
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.4 V
- Sections
- 1
17AX3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with approximately 5 kV peak-inverse capability and controlled heater warm-up.
- Base
- 12BE
- Socket
- B12C
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17AX4GT Rectifier
High-voltage television horizontal-deflection damper diode with controlled heater warm-up and several-kilovolt peak-inverse capability.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17AX4GTA Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with high inverse-voltage and pulse-current ratings and controlled warm-up.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17AY3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television damper service, explicitly a heater-voltage variant of the corresponding 6AY3 type with controlled warm-up.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17AY3A Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with approximately 5 kV peak-inverse capability and controlled heater warm-up.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BE3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with approximately 5 kV inverse-voltage capability and high pulse current.
- Base
- 26E
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BE3A Rectifier
Compactron single heater-cathode diode designed for television horizontal-deflection damping, electrically related to 6BE3A/12BE3A except for heater characteristics.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BH3 Rectifier
17BH3 rectifier - damper diode electronic tube specifications and datasheets.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 17 V
- Sections
- 1
17BH3A Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television damper service, explicitly a heater-voltage variant of the corresponding 6BH3A type with controlled warm-up.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 17 V
- Sections
- 1
17BR3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed specifically for television horizontal-deflection damper service, with controlled heater warm-up for series-string receiver operation.
- Base
- E9-11
- Socket
- B9E
- Heater
- 14.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BS3 Rectifier
17BS3 rectifier - damper diode electronic tube specifications and datasheets.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BS3A Rectifier
Novar half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a damper diode in television horizontal-deflection circuits; heater variant of the corresponding 6-volt type.
- Base
- 9HP
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BW3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, handling the repetitive high-voltage pulses produced by the line-scan circuit.
- Base
- 12FX
- Socket
- B12C
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17BZ3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier intended for television horizontal-deflection damper service, providing energy-recovery rectification in the line-scan circuit.
- Base
- 12GA
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17CK3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier for television damper service, using controlled heater warm-up and heater characteristics suited to series-string receivers.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17CL3 Rectifier
17CL3 rectifier - damper diode electronic tube specifications and datasheets.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17CQ4 Rectifier
High-voltage television damper diode with controlled heater warm-up, designed for horizontal-deflection energy-recovery service in series-string receivers.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 17 V
- Sections
- 1
17CT3 Rectifier
Half-wave vacuum rectifier used as a damper tube in television horizontal-deflection circuits, supplied as a heater-voltage variant of its 6-volt parent.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17D4 Rectifier
Indirectly heated half-wave rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service, electrically related to the 6DA4 apart from heater characteristics.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17D4A Rectifier
High-voltage indirectly heated diode for television horizontal-frequency damper service, designed to withstand large cathode-to-heater and cathode-to-plate pulses in direct-drive circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17DE4 Rectifier
Glass-octal half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a damper diode in television horizontal-deflection circuits.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 17 V
- Sections
- 1
17DM4 Rectifier
Television damper diode designed for horizontal-deflection energy-recovery service, with high-voltage rectifier characteristics appropriate to line-scan circuits.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1
17DM4A Rectifier
Glass-octal half-wave vacuum rectifier designed for television horizontal-deflection damper service.
- Base
- 4CG
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 16.8 V
- Sections
- 1