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25BP22

Twenty-five-inch color television picture tube with three electrostatically focused guns, magnetic convergence/deflection, and an aluminized P22 tricolor screen. High-voltage direct-view construction and shadow-mask color presentation place it firmly in color receiver service.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B14
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
6.3 V / -

Description

25-inch color television CRT electrically identical to 25AP22 except for removal of the integral protective window.

Socket description

Small-shell Diheptal 14-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B14
Base pins
-
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 plate voltage
27500 V

Published source ratings and characteristics promoted where applicable; additional electrical and operating 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

1964 RMA EIA

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Application

  • Application

    Cathode-ray display / television / instrumentation

Characteristics

  • Focusing method

    Electrostatic

  • Deflection method

    Magnetic

  • Deflection angle

    90 deg

  • Light transmission

    69 %

Construction

  • Gun count

    3

  • Screen

    P22 aluminized tricolor phosphor-dot shadow-mask

  • Difference from 25AP22

    No integral protective window

Other

  • Anode voltage minimum

    20000 V

  • Anode voltage maximum

    27500 V

  • Long-term average total anode current maximum

    1000 uA

  • Focus-electrode voltage maximum

    6000 V

  • Grid2 peak voltage maximum

    1000 V

  • Grid1 negative bias maximum

    -400 V

  • Grid1 negative cutoff maximum

    -200 V

  • Grid1 positive peak maximum

    2 V

  • Typical anode voltage

    25000 V

  • Typical focus-electrode voltage range

    4200 to 5000 V

  • Typical grid2 voltage range

    285 to 685 V

  • Typical grid1 cutoff range

    -95 to -190 V

Capacitance

  • Grid1 capacitance per gun

    6 pF

  • All-cathodes capacitance

    15 pF

  • Grid3 capacitance

    6.5 pF

  • External coating capacitance minimum

    2000 pF

  • External coating capacitance maximum

    2500 pF