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Specialized - Ballast ·Ballast

B6

Constant-current ballast tube using nonlinear resistance to maintain nearly constant current over a specified voltage range.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
-

Description

Constant-current ballast tube for maintaining nearly constant current over a specified voltage range.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater voltage
-
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

Ballast

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Promoted fields mapped semantically from printed ratings/characteristics headings. Fixed promoted fields are largely inapplicable to this special-purpose device; additional published data is retained in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER where text recovery permits.

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

Ballast

Other

  • and from

    15 seconds

    and from 15 seconds to several minutes, depending ¥

  • shown in Fig

    1 A

    shown in Fig. 1A at the right. Fig. 1A