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17CYP4

Seventeen-inch lightweight rectangular television picture tube with 90-degree magnetic deflection, electrostatic focusing, aluminized gray-filter screen, external conductive coating, and no ion trap. Maximum anode voltage is about 16 kV.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
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Socket code
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Base pins
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Nominal heater
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Description

VVestinghousé RELIATRON® TUBES 17CYP4 August 4, 1958 TELEVISION PICTURE TUBE TYPE 17CYP4 90° Magnetic Deflection Electrostatic Focus External Conductive Coating Rectangular Glass Lightweight Tube Spherical Facepiate Aluminized 4-1/2"" Neck Length 14-3/4" x 11-11/16"" Picture Gray Filter Glass No lon Trap ELECTRICAL: MAXIMUM RATINGS: Cathode., . . .o v v v i i s i e n e v n - Coated tnipotential Design Center Values Heater: Anode Voltage* . . .. .o v v i v i e e 16000 max. Yoits Yoltege (acarde) + . ..o v v i i i i i h e 6.3 Yolts Grid 4 Yoltage: Current . v v e n vt e s e s . 0.6 Ampers Positive Value .. ... ... ... .., 1000 max, Yolts Direct Interelectrode Capacitances: Negative Yalue . ., . ., .. ... ... 500 max. Yolts Grid 1 to all other Electrodes. ., ., .. ... s uuf Grid 2 Yoltage ... ......0. v 500 max. Yaolts Cathode to all other Electrodes ..., .. 5 uuf Grid | Yoltage: External Conductive Coating: Negative Bias Value . ......... 140 max. Yalts MOXimum o vy v s e v e e e e . 150

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
-
Nominal heater current
-
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

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Source-derived physical section; applicable promoted ratings are populated from the printed sheet.

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

1947 Westinghouse

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Heater: Anode Voltage* . . .. .o v v i v i e e

    16000 V

    Heater: Anode Voltage* . . .. .o v v i v i e e 16000 max. Yoits

  • Current . v v e n vt e s e s

    1000 Ampers

    Current . v v e n vt e s e s . 0.6 Ampers Positive Value .. ... ... ... .., 1000 max, Yolts

  • Grid

    500 pF

    Grid 1 to all other Electrodes. ., ., .. ... s uuf Grid 2 Yoltage ... ......0. v 500 max. Yaolts

  • Cathode to all other Electrodes ...,

    5 pF

    Cathode to all other Electrodes ..., .. 5 uuf Grid | Yoltage:

  • Minimum ... e e e e

    1000 V

    Minimum ... e e e e 1000 vuf Peak Heater-Cathode Voltage:

  • Vortical Angle, approx. . .. cu v v v v

    14000 V

    Vortical Angle, approx. . .. cu v v v v 68° Anode Voltage. . .. . v oo i i n 14000 Yolts

  • Diagonal Angle, approsx. . . . v o v v v o u

    350 V

    Diagonal Angle, approsx. . . . v o v v v o u 90~ Grid 4 Voltage . . ... ...... + . =50 to +350 Yolis

  • Nodon Trap Gun .« . v . v i st i v v v v s No Magnet Required Grid

    450 V

    Nodon Trap Gun .« . v . v i st i v v v v s No Magnet Required Grid 2 Voltoge a. . v v v v o0 v h ol u L 450 Volis

  • Grid

    105 V

    Grid 1 Yoltage for Raster Cutoff@m. .. 39 to 105 Volts

  • Screan Dimensions: Grid

    1.5 Mohm

    Screan Dimensions: Grid 1 Circuit Resistance ... ... 1.5 max. Megohms

  • Diagonal .. o v i i i i in v o n i anns

    8 V

    Diagonal .. o v i i i i in v o n i anns 15-5/8"" Min. * Brilliance ond definition decreass with decreasing anode voltage.

  • Faceplate ..o v v e v enven . .Spherical lnner & Quter Surfaces In generat, onode voltage should aot be less t

    12609 V

    Faceplate ..o v v e v enven . .Spherical lnner & Quter Surfaces In generat, onode voltage should aot be less than 12609 volts,

  • Height. . . . .. e

    2 mm

    Height. . . . .. e 12.3/4" + L/8" A Itisrecommended that Grid 2 be operated ot a voltags greater than

  • Width ... .. e e e e

    300 V

    Width ... .. e e e e 15-5/8"" ¢+ |/B* 300 volts since resolution is affected below this levei.

  • (JETEC B6

    16 V

    (JETEC B6-203) age in excass of 16 kilavolts,

Characteristic

  • Screen Area, Min,

    10000 Inches

    Screen Area, Min, . ... ... 155 9g. Inches Grid 2 Circuit Resistanced - . ... .. 10000 ohms