Power - Beam (NOT sweep) ·BeamPower
SV6550C
Svetlana 6550-family beam-power tube designed specifically for high-power audio output in hi-fi and musical-instrument amplifiers, with substantial current and plate-dissipation capability.
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- IO
- Base pins
- 8
- Nominal heater
- 6.3 V / 1.6 A
Description
power tube, widely used in high-end audio and music amplification. Carbonized
Socket description
International Octal
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- IO
- Base pins
- 8
- Nominal heater voltage
- 6.3 V
- Nominal heater current
- 1.6 A
- 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
Beam Power
- Transconductance
- 0.0095 S
- Max plate voltage
- 680 V
- Max screen voltage
- 400 V
- Max plate dissipation
- 35 W
- Max screen dissipation
- 6 W
- Max cathode current
- 175 mA
Published ratings/characteristics promoted where unambiguous.
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.