Data set 01
1950 Sylvania
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
DC Plate Current
200 mA
DamperService
Peak Plate Current
1200 mA
DamperService
Rectifier - Damper Diode ·Rectifier
6BL4
Half-wave damper diode designed for television horizontal scanning service, with high pulse-current capability for sweep energy recovery.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- 8GB
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 8
- Nominal heater
- 6.3 V / 3 A
Description
Half-wave damper diode for television horizontal scanning service.
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- 8GB
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 8
- Nominal heater voltage
- 6.3 V
- Nominal heater current
- 3 A
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
8GB - 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
- Max plate voltage
- 4500 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 8 W
- Rectifier peak inverse voltage
- 4500 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 200 mA
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 1.2 A
Peak inverse plate voltage promoted as rectifier maximum inverse voltage separately.
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.