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20BP4

Twenty-inch direct-view television picture tube with P4 white phosphor and published electrical, optical, capacitance, and operating data. Tung-Sol documentation identifies a conventional high-voltage monochrome receiver display.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
DUODECAL5
Base pins
5
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 600 mA

Description

Direct-view cathode-ray picture tube for television display service. Electrical ratings, operating conditions, capacitances, optical data, and construction details were extracted from the supplied datasheet.

Socket description

Small-shell Duodecal 5-contact CRT base

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
DUODECAL5
Base pins
5
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

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

CRT ratings, operating conditions, capacitances, and optical/deflection data retained below as parameters.

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

1961 Tung Sol

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Heater voltage

    6.3 V

    Nominal

  • Heater current

    600 mA

    Nominal

  • Anode voltage

    20 V

    Published CRT data

  • Grid 2 voltage

    250 V

    Published CRT data

Data set 02

1966 Tung Sol Electronic Tubes 4 of 4

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Characteristics

  • DEFLECTION

    54 degrees

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • HEATER

    6.3 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • MAX FMUM OC ANODE

    2 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • HEATER POSITIVE WITH RESPECT TO CATHODE

    14 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • DC GRID #2 VOLTAGE

    2 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • OC FOCUSING COIL CURRENT (APPROX.) B

    135 mA

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • VIDEO SIGNAL VOLTAGE ADJUSTED TO PRODUCE A HIGHIIGMT BRIGNTNE55 OF 25 FOOT LAMBERTS ON A

    25 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • 12 j/4" % 11" PICTURE SIZE. DISTANCE FROM REFERENCE LINE TO CENTER OF AIR GAP ON FOCUS — value 1

    12

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • 12 j/4" % 11" PICTURE SIZE. DISTANCE FROM REFERENCE LINE TO CENTER OF AIR GAP ON FOCUS — value 2

    4

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • 12 j/4" % 11" PICTURE SIZE. DISTANCE FROM REFERENCE LINE TO CENTER OF AIR GAP ON FOCUS — value 3

    11

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

Other

  • MAXIMUM GRID #1 VOLTAGE

    1 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • MAXIMUM GRID #1 CIRCUIT RESISTANCE — value 1

    1 mA

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.

  • MAXIMUM GRID #1 CIRCUIT RESISTANCE — value 2

    1.5 mA

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple values on a row correspond to separate source-table conditions or limits.