Data set 01
1968 General Electric Co
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Pentode
Other
Heater Warmup Time
11 s
Specialized - Uncategorized ·Pentode-Pentode
17AB10
General Electric dual-pentode specialized tube. Surviving source material confirms two dissimilar pentode sections but does not establish the intended application confidently enough for functional recategorization.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
- Sections
- 2
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- 16.8 V / 450 mA
Description
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General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater voltage
- 16.8 V
- Nominal heater current
- 450 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
2 physical sections, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Pentode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Max cathode current
- 13 mA
Gated-beam discriminator section; source maximum ratings and characteristics semantically audited.
Section 2
Pentode
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Plate resistance
- 30000 Ω
- Transconductance
- 0.0086 S
- Max plate voltage
- 165 V
- Max screen voltage
- 150 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 6.5 W
- Max screen dissipation
- 1.8 W
- Max cathode current
- 65 mA
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.