Electronic tube type
Voltage Pentode vacuum tubes
Voltage Pentode records in Tube Tinker cover 243 tube designations, including 694 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 243
- Original datasheets
- 694
- Variation families
- 29
- Tubes with alternatives
- 66
About Voltage Pentode tubes
If the tube is a single pentode that did not fall into any of the Power tube categories, Then apply this type.
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 0.5–30 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0.008–2.5 A
Common voltage pentode characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- B9A8
- B8D/F5
- 9EQ4
- NOVAL4
- 5J3
- E7-13
- E9-13
- Noval3
Sockets
- B9A58
- B7G16
- B8G15
- IO13
- UX613
- SUBMINIATURE88
- B5D4
- B74
Constructions
- Pentode241
- Triode2
Voltage Pentode tube list
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10J3L Pentode
Russian pentode documented in bilingual manufacturer literature. The available source establishes its pentode construction and published guaranteed characteristics, but provides insufficient explicit application wording to assign a more specialized functional category conservatively.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8G
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
10ZH1L Pentode
Russian pentode documented in bilingual manufacturer literature with guaranteed electrical characteristics. The available source establishes signal-tube operation but does not provide enough explicit functional wording to support a narrower classification without inference.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8G
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
12J3L Pentode
Russian pentode documented in bilingual manufacturer literature with guaranteed electrical characteristics. The surviving source information establishes pentode operation but does not clearly identify a specialized application or cutoff class.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8G
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
12Z3L Pentode
Russian pentode designed for reliable operation under ambient influences, with a manufacturer service-life guarantee of 3,000 hours. Published data describe a signal-amplifier pentode with conventional voltage-amplification operating characteristics.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8G
- Heater
- 12.6 V
- Sections
- 1
18013 Pentode
Philips professional pentode designed for long-life telephone-equipment service. Its intended role is reliable small-signal amplification in communications installations where extended operating life is more important than consumer-receiver convenience.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- M7A
- Heater
- 4 V
- Sections
- 1
18015 Pentode
Philips professional pentode designed for long-life telephone-equipment service. Manufacturer documentation places it in reliable communications signal amplification, emphasizing extended service life for continuously operated telephone installations.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- M7A
- Heater
- 21 V
- Sections
- 1
18042 Pentode
Philips professional pentode designed for long-life telephone-equipment service. Its manufacturer documentation emphasizes dependable small-signal operation in communications installations requiring extended service life and professional reliability.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 18 V
- Sections
- 1
18048 Pentode
Philips professional signal pentode with published heater, capacitance, characteristic, operating-condition, and limiting-value data. The available source supports general professional signal amplification but does not clearly establish a narrower functional category.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8G
- Heater
- 20 V
- Sections
- 1
18048C3M Pentode
Special-quality Philips C3m pentode for AF, IF, RF, oscillator, and output service. Manufacturer documentation specifies a 10,000-hour life test, making extended professional service life a defining feature of this versatile signal and low-power output tube.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8G
- Heater
- 20 V
- Sections
- 1
1A4 Pentode
Directly heated pentode for radio-frequency and intermediate-frequency amplification in battery receivers. RCA designed it as a low-power signal tube for portable battery-operated radio equipment rather than an output-stage device.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
1J24B Pentode
Economical directly heated subminiature Russian pentode for high- and intermediate-frequency amplification. Its compact filamentary construction targets miniature RF/IF signal equipment where low power consumption and small size are desirable.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 1.2 V
- Sections
- 1
1K4 Pentode
Directly heated receiving pentode intended for general amplifier service in low-voltage battery equipment.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
1K5G Pentode
Directly heated Radiotron pentode for battery-powered Class A voltage amplification, using a 2 V, 120 mA coated filament. Can operate with screen and plate interconnected without creating an additional physical triode.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
1P6B Pentode
Russian miniature directly heated low-power pentode for mobile electronics, using a 1.25 V, 11 mA oxide-coated filament and flexible leads.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 1.25 V
- Sections
- 1
1W4 Pentode
Directly heated power-amplifier pentode designed for battery-operated receiver output service with published Class-A operating conditions.
- Base
- 5BZ
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 1.4 V
- Sections
- 1
1ZH37B Pentode
Directly heated pentode for oscillation, amplification and mixing.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 1.2 V
- Sections
- 1
1ZH42A Pentode
Low-consumption directly heated pentode for mixing and amplification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 1.2 V
- Sections
- 1
20F2 Pentode
Series-heater screened pentode designed for television receiver amplification service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 11 V
- Sections
- 1
210SPT Pentode
Cossor receiving pentode intended for receiver and amplifier service; available source does not clearly support a narrower functional category.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
210VPT Pentode
Cossor receiving pentode intended for receiver and amplifier service; available source does not clearly support a narrower functional category.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B7
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
220HPT Pentode
Cossor receiving pentode intended for receiver and amplifier service; available source does not clearly support a narrower functional category.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B5
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
234 Pentode
Receiving pentode amplifier documented in Cunningham/RCA literature; available source does not clearly establish a narrower dominant function.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
285A Pentode
Western Electric heater-cathode general-purpose suppressor-grid pentode intended for general electronic amplification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- MEDIUM5
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
2HR8 Pentode
Pentode designed specifically for transitron circuits in television receivers, with ratings and capacitances tailored to that oscillator/control technique.
- Base
- E9-1
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
2J48B Pentode
Russian pentode documented in technical reference literature; available source does not clearly establish a narrower specialized application.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.4 V
- Sections
- 1
2P29P Pentode
Directly heated Russian low-power pentode designed for RF power amplification and oscillator service to approximately 120 MHz.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 2.2 V
- Sections
- 1
30F5 Pentode
High-slope screened HF pentode designed as a straight television amplifier in AC/DC series-heater receivers.
- Base
- B9A
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 7.3 V
- Sections
- 1
310A Pentode
Western Electric heater-cathode general-purpose pentode designed for voltage amplification.
- Base
- 7K
- Socket
- OCTAL7
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
310B Pentode
Western Electric heater-cathode general-purpose pentode designed for voltage amplification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- OCTAL6
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
328A Pentode
Western Electric heater-cathode suppressor-grid pentode designed for general-purpose voltage amplification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- OCTAL6
- Heater
- 7.5 V
- Sections
- 1
337A Pentode
Western Electric heater-cathode suppressor-grid pentode intended for general-purpose electronic amplification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- OCTAL6
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
348A Pentode
Western Electric heater-cathode general-purpose pentode with a 275-volt maximum plate rating.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- OCTAL7
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
373A Pentode
Western Electric oxide-filament general-purpose pentode intended for electronic amplification.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2 V
- Sections
- 1
384A Pentode
Miniature Western Electric pentode with published Class-A characteristics, intended for low-level amplifier service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX4
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
385A Pentode
Octal-base Western Electric pentode with published Class-A characteristics, intended for low-level amplifier service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- IO
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
386A Pentode
Miniature high-transconductance Western Electric pentode intended for voltage-amplifier service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
3ZH1BV Pentode
Rugged indirectly heated miniature pentode.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 3.15 V
- Sections
- 1
3ZH2BV Pentode
Rugged indirectly heated miniature pentode.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 3.15 V
- Sections
- 1
403B Pentode
Long-life high-transconductance miniature pentode for professional RF and broadband amplification, developed as a durable communications-service replacement.
- Base
- E7-1
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
404A Pentode
Low-noise frame-grid pentode developed for UHF and broadband professional amplification, combining very high transconductance with low capacitances.
- Base
- E9-1
- Socket
- B9A
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
4067 Pentode
Directly heated subminiature electrometer pentode designed specifically for pH meters and other extremely high-impedance measurement circuits.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- B8D
- Heater
- 0.5 V
- Sections
- 1
409A Pentode
Miniature triple-grid pentode for low-power HF/UHF applications, with independently controllable suppressor grid supporting gating, mixing, and modulation.
- Base
- E7-1
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
4310A Pentode
Professional carrier-frequency pentode designed for telecommunications amplifier service rather than ordinary consumer-radio applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX6
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
4310B Pentode
Carrier-frequency pentode intended for professional telecommunications amplification with operating characteristics optimized for dependable communications service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX6
- Heater
- 10 V
- Sections
- 1
4328D Pentode
Professional 4328-family carrier-frequency pentode designed for dependable telecommunications amplifier service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- UX6
- Heater
- 7.5 V
- Sections
- 1
5590 Pentode
Long-life RF pentode designed for amplifier service from low through very high frequencies, including operation from comparatively low supply voltages.
- Base
- E7-1
- Socket
- B7G
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
5639 Pentode
Rugged premium subminiature pentode developed for broadband radar and video amplification in military, airborne, and industrial equipment.
- Base
- 8DL
- Socket
- SUBMINIATURE8
- Heater
- 6.3 V
- Sections
- 1
57 Pentode
Early triple-grid pentode designed for radio detector and high-gain voltage-amplifier service, with both pentode and triode-connected operating data.
- Base
- 6F
- Socket
- UX6
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
