Data set 01
1968 General Electric Co
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
Steady-State Peak Plate Current
1200 mA
TVDamper
Rectifier - Damper Diode ·Rectifier
6BZ3
Duodecar half-wave vacuum rectifier designed as a television horizontal-deflection damper tube in color and monochrome receivers.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- 12GA
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 12
- Nominal heater
- 6.3 V / 1.2 A
Description
Duodecar half-wave vacuum rectifier used as a damper tube in horizontal-deflection circuits of color and black-and-white television receivers.
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- 12GA
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 12
- Nominal heater voltage
- 6.3 V
- Nominal heater current
- 1.2 A
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
12GA - 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 dissipation
- 6.5 W
- Rectifier peak inverse voltage
- 5000 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 200 mA
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 1.2 A
- Rectifier forward voltage drop
- 26 V
- Rectifier warm-up time
- 11 s
TV damper
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 02
1975 RCA RC30
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
Heater Voltage (ac/dc) «.3 12.6
16.8 V
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Heater Current 1.2 0.6
460 mA
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Heater Warm-up Time (Average) — 11
11 seconds
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Peak Inverse Plate Voltage*
5000 V
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Peak Plate Current
1200 mA
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Average Plate Current
200 mA
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Plate Dissipation
6.6 W
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Peak value +300
-5000 V
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Average value +100
-900 V
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Tube Voltage Drop for dc plate current of
350 mA
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Tube Voltage Drop for dc plate current of 350 mA
26 V
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Capacitance
Plate to Cathode, and Heater
10 pF
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Cathode to Heater, and Plate
8 pF
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1
Heater to Cathode
3.4 pF
Published in approved 6BZ3 target datasheet entry; Section1