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Filamentary high-voltage rectifier for television flyback/EHT service. It rectifies horizontal-output transformer pulses to produce the CRT accelerating supply with isolated filament heating at elevated potential.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar

Sections: 1
Base: 6K
Socket code: OCTAL6
Base pins: 6
Nominal heater: 1.75 V / 250 mA

Description

Filamentary high-voltage rectifier diode for television flyback service.

Socket description

Octal 6-contact base

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base: 6K
Socket code: OCTAL6
Base pins: 6
Nominal heater voltage: 1.75 V
Nominal heater current: 250 mA
Parallel heater voltage: -
Parallel heater current: -
Series capable: No

6K - 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: 27000 V
Rectifier nominal output current: 0.5 mA
Rectifier peak forward current: 50 mA
Rectifier max heater-cathode voltage: 0.5 V

Promoted values are taken from the printed ratings on the uploaded source; additional non-promoted values are retained in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

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

Rectifier

Other

HeaterOrFilamentVoltageNominal
1.75 V
HeaterOrFilamentCurrentNominal
250 mA
RectifierMaximumPeakInverseVoltage
22000 V
RectifierNominalOutputCurrent
0.5 mA
RectifierMaximumHeaterCathodeVoltage
0.5 V