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25AX4GT

Heater-cathode damper diode designed for television horizontal-frequency circuits and direct-drive service, with high pulse-voltage capability.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
4G
Socket code
IO
Base pins
6
Nominal heater
25 V / 300 mA

Description

Heater-cathode damper diode for television horizontal-frequency circuits and direct-drive service.

Socket description

International Octal

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
4G
Socket code
IO
Base pins
6
Nominal heater voltage
25 V
Nominal heater current
300 mA
Parallel heater voltage
-
Parallel heater current
-
Series capable
No

4G - 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

Rectifier

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Rectifier peak inverse voltage
4000 V
Rectifier nominal output current
125 mA
Rectifier peak forward current
600 mA
Rectifier forward voltage drop
32 V
Rectifier max heater-cathode voltage
4000 V
Rectifier warm-up time
11 s

Abbreviated heater variant of 6AXQGT; parent electrical table not available locally, so unsupported promoted values were not invented.

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

195X General Electric Essential Characteristics

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristic

  • Forward-voltage-drop test current

    250 mA

    TVDamper

Data set 02

1961 Tung Sol

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • MaximumTransientPeakPlateCurrent

    3 A

  • MaximumPeakHeaterCathodeVoltageNegative

    4000 V

  • MaximumPeakHeaterCathodeVoltagePositive

    100 V

Characteristic

  • Tube Voltage Drop

    32 V

    PlateCurrent=250mA

Capacitance

  • Heater To Cathode Capacitance

    7.5 pF

Data set 03

1965 Sylvania Electronic Tubes Vol3

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • Peak inverse voltage

    5000 V

  • Peak plate current

    1000 mA

  • DC plate current

    165 mA

Capacitance

  • Heater-to-cathode capacitance

    4 pF

  • Plate-to-cathode/heater capacitance

    5 pF

Data set 04

1965 Westinghouse Data Book

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristics

  • Heater Voltage

    25 V

  • Heater Current

    300 mA

  • Voltage Drop

    32 V

    PlateCurrent=250mA

  • Heater-to-Cathode Capacitance

    4 pF

  • Plate-to-Cathode-and-Heater Capacitance

    5 pF

  • Cathode-to-Plate-and-Heater Capacitance

    8.5 pF

Other

  • Peak Inverse Voltage

    4400 V

    DamperService

  • Peak Plate Current

    750 mA

  • DC Plate Current

    125 mA

  • Plate Dissipation

    4.8 W

  • Maximum Heater-Cathode Voltage Cathode Positive

    4400 V

    TotalDCPlusPeak

Data set 05

1966 Tung Sol Electronic Tubes 3 of 4

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • Peak inverse plate voltage

    4000 V

    DamperService

  • Steady state peak plate current

    600 mA

    DamperService

  • DC output current

    125 mA

    DamperService

  • Peak heater-cathode voltage

    4000 V

    HeaterNegative

  • Transient peak plate current

    3 A

    DamperService

Capacitance

  • Heater-to-cathode capacitance

    4.5 pF

Data set 06

1971 RCA HB3 Binder 5 of 7

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristics

  • Heater voltage

    25 V

    Nominal heater rating from supplied sheet

  • Heater current

    300 mA

    Nominal heater rating from supplied sheet

  • Warm-up time

    11 s

    Average warm-up time from supplied sheet