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21ALP4B

Twenty-one-inch direct-view monochrome television picture tube designed for large-screen receiver service. Manufacturer data documents its magnetic scanning system, high-voltage operation, and picture-tube optical and electrical characteristics.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B12D
Base pins
5
Nominal heater
6.3 V / -

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

Duodecar 12-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B12D
Base pins
5
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
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
Max screen voltage
2 V

CRT ratings, operating conditions, capacitances, optical and deflection data retained 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

  • Typical grid 2 voltage

    200 V

    Typical operating conditions

Characteristic

  • Diagonal deflection angle

    90 deg

Capacitance

  • Cathode to all other electrodes

    4 pF

    Approximate

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

  • FACEPLATE LIGHT TRANSMISSION

    5 percent

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

  • HEATER VOLTAGE

    3 V

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

  • HEATER POSITIVE WITH RESPECT 70 CATHODE

    70 V

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

  • DC GRID #4 VOLTAGE D — value 1

    4 V

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

  • DC GRID #4 VOLTAGE D — value 2

    55 V

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

  • DC GRID #4 VOLTAGE D — value 3

    3 V

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

  • DC GRID #2 VOLTAGE — value 1

    2 V

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

  • DC GRID #2 VOLTAGE — value 2

    3 V

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

  • DC GRID #1 VOLTAGE E — value 1

    1 V

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

  • DC GRID #1 VOLTAGE E — value 2

    -2 V

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

  • DC GRID #1 VOLTAGE E — value 3

    -72 V

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

  • D WITX ANODE CURRENT OF 100 µAMP•

    100

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

  • I N.AGYUCH AS THE TUBE RATING PERMITS OPERATION AT VOLTAGES AS HI GM AS 19•R NI LOVOL TS (A850L UTE

    19 V

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

  • Pl AT[

    16 V

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

Other

  • MAXIMUM DC GRID #2 VOLTAGE

    2 V

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

  • MAXIMUM GRID #i CIRCUIT RESISTANCE

    1 mA

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