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14BAP4

Fourteen-inch television picture tube with electrostatic focusing and magnetic deflection. It uses an aluminized P4 white screen with short-to-medium persistence and supports high-voltage direct-view monochrome television display service.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
DUODECAL6
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 600 mA

Description

The Sylvania 14BAP4 is a 14-inch television picture tube with electrostatic focus and magnetic deflection.

Socket description

Small-shell Duodecal 6-contact CRT base

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
DUODECAL6
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
600 mA
Parallel heater voltage
-
Parallel heater current
-
Series capable
No

Terminal pinout

Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.

No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.

Section ratings

1 physical section, each with unique specifications.

Section 1

Cathode Ray

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Max plate voltage
22000 V

Published maximum ratings and characteristics promoted semantically from the approved source.

Source-dependent data

Operating conditions by source

Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.

Data set 01

1950 Sylvania

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Maximum Plate Voltage

    22000 V

  • Typical Anode Voltage

    18000 V

Characteristic

  • Phosphor

    P4

  • Focusing Method

    Electrostatic

  • Deflecting Method

    Magnetic

Data set 02

1965 Sylvania Electronic Tubes Vol3

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Characteristics

  • Heater Voltage

    6.3 V

  • Heater Current

    600 mA

  • Focusing Method

    Electrostatic text

  • Deflection Method

    Magnetic text

  • Fluorescence

    White text

  • Persistence

    Short to Medium text

  • Phosphor

    Aluminized P4 text

  • Horizontal Deflection Angle

    65 deg

    Approximate

  • Diagonal Deflection Angle

    70 deg

    Approximate

  • Light Transmittance

    76 percent

    Approximate

  • Ion Trap

    None text

  • Cathode-to-All Capacitance

    5 pF

    Approximate

  • Grid1-to-All Capacitance

    6 pF

    Approximate

  • External Coating-to-Anode Capacitance Minimum

    750 pF

  • External Coating-to-Anode Capacitance Maximum

    2000 pF

Other

  • Maximum Anode Voltage

    22000 V

  • Maximum Grid2 Voltage

    700 V

  • Focus Voltage Minimum

    0 V

    Grid4

  • Focus Voltage Maximum

    800 V

    Grid4

  • Grid1 Cutoff Voltage Minimum

    -80 V

  • Grid1 Cutoff Voltage Maximum

    -30 V

  • Maximum Grid1 Circuit Resistance

    1.5 Mohm