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21CZP4

Twenty-one-inch direct-view monochrome television picture tube with magnetic deflection and a P4 display screen. Manufacturer documentation places it in the high-voltage receiver CRT family, with construction optimized for bright rectangular picture presentation.

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

Description

The 21CZP4 is an electrostatic-focus, magnetic-deflection direct-view all-glass picture tube with short overall length, small neck diameter, aluminized screen, and an external conductive coating that can serve as a filter capacitor.

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
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
18000 V

Maximum anode voltage mapped to MaxPlateVoltage; CRT grid/focusing limits retained as parameters rather than mis-promoted as ordinary screen-grid data.

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

1968 General Electric Co

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Maximum Anode Voltage

    18000 V

  • Maximum Grid No. 2 Voltage

    500 V

  • Anode Voltage

    17000 V

    Typical

  • Heater Voltage

    6.3 V

  • Heater Current

    600 mA