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23BKP4

Twenty-three-inch bi-panel rectangular television picture tube designed for low grid-No.2 voltage operation. RCA documentation supports a high-voltage direct-view monochrome receiver role with approximately 20 kV anode capability.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B12D
Base pins
6
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 30 A

Description

Twenty-three-inch bi-panel rectangular picture tube with low grid-No.2 voltage for television display.

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
6
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
30 A
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
20000 V
Max screen voltage
70 V

CRT-specific ratings, operating conditions, capacitances, focus/deflection, cutoff, optical, and screen data are retained in section 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

1940 RCA

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • HeaterVoltageNominal

    6.3 V

    Nominal

  • HeaterCurrentNominal

    600 mA

    Nominal

  • Maximum Plate Voltage

    25000 V

  • UltorVoltageDesignMaximum

    25000 V

    X-ray warning threshold context

Data set 02

1971 RCA HB3 Binder 1 of 7

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Characteristics

  • LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTROSTATIC FOCUS

    92 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Heater Current at 6.3 volts — published value 1

    6.3 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Heater Current at 6.3 volts — published value 2

    600 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Heater Current at 6.3 volts — published value 3

    30 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Heater Warm-Up Time (Average)

    11

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Grid No.1 to all other electrodes

    6

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Light transmission (Approx )

    40

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Projected Area of Screen

    282

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • With ultor-to-grid-No.i voltage o}

    20000 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • and grid-No.2-to-grid-No.i voltage o}

    5 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Grid-No.4-to-Grid-No.l Voltage for focus — published value 1

    0 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Grid-No.4-to-Grid-No.l Voltage for focus — published value 2

    400 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • visual extinction of focused raster — published value 1

    36 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • visual extinction of focused raster — published value 2

    54 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

Other

  • GRID-No.2-TO-CATHODE VOLTAGE

    70 V

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.

  • Grid-No.l~ircuit Resistance

    1.5 mA

    Published CRT datasheet value; multiple numbers on one source row represent separate limits or operating conditions.