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Specialized - Cathode Ray ·CathodeRay

8AP4

Eight-inch direct-view television picture tube with magnetic focusing and magnetic deflection. Its high-voltage beam system produces a compact monochrome receiver image.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
B12D
Base pins
12
Nominal heater
6.3 V / 600 mA

Description

Direct-view television picture tube with magnetic focus and deflection.

Socket description

Duodecar 12-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
B12D
Base pins
12
Nominal heater voltage
6.3 V
Nominal heater current
600 mA
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
9000 V

Published promoted fields populated semantically; identical repeated sections compressed.

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

1961 Tung Sol

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Cathode Ray

Other

  • Maximum Anode Voltage

    9000 V

    CRT

Capacitance

  • Grid4ToOtherElectrodesCapacitance

    6 pF