List of vacuum tubes

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This is a list of vacuum tubes:

Contents

[edit] American designation (with European equivalents)

RETMA tube designation

[edit] 0

  • 0Z4 Full-Wave Gas Rectifier

[edit] 2 volt heater/filament tubes

  • 2B7 Twin-diode remote-cutoff pentode

[edit] 1 volt heater/filament tubes

  • 1L6 Pentagrid converter

[edit] 5 volt heater/filament tubes

  • 300B - 40 Watt directly heated triode
  • 5Y3
  • 5751 - low voltage low-noise avionics tube

[edit] 6 volt heater/filament tubes

  • 6AQ5 (EL90)
  • 6AU6A (EF94)
  • 6BQ5 (EL84)
  • 6C19
  • 6CA7 (EL34)
  • 6CL6 Power pentode
  • 6DA6 (EF89)
  • 6DJ8 (ECC88)
  • 6J5
  • 6L6 (EL37)
  • 6SK7 Remote-cutoff pentode
  • 6SN7 Medium-mu twin triode
  • 6V6 Beam power tube (see also: 5V6 and 12V6)

[edit] 12 volt heater/filament tubes

  • 12AT7 High-mu twin triode (ECC81)
  • 12AU7 Medium-mu twin triode (ECC82)
  • 12AV6 Twin diode/High-mu triode (see also: 6AV6)
  • 12AX7 High-mu twin triode (ECC83)
  • 12BA6 Remote cutoff pentode (See also: 6BA6)
  • 12BE6 Pentagrid converter (See also: 6BE6)
  • 12DT6 Sharp cutoff pentode

[edit] 25 volt heater/filament tubes

[edit] 50 volt heater/filament tubes

  • 50B5 Beam power tube
  • 50C5 Identical to 50B5 except for biasing arrangement (HL92)
  • 50L6 Beam power tube (see also 25L6)
  • 50HK6 Power pentode

[edit] European designation (with American equivalents)

Mullard-Philips tube designation

[edit] ECC

[edit] EL

[edit] KT

KT stands for "Kinkless Tetrode"

[edit] Numbered tubes

  • 27
  • 45
  • 80
  • 833A
  • 845
  • 5814A (industrial, computer rated version of 12AU7)
  • 6550
  • 6922 (E88CC, industrial version of 6DJ8/ECC88)
  • 6900
  • 7308 (E188CC, premium version of 6922)

[edit] Russian tubes

  • 6N1P (similar to 6DJ8/ECC88)
  • 6N2P (similar to 12AX7/ECC83)
  • 6N3P (2C51)
  • 6P1P (similar to 6AQ5/EL90)
  • 6P3S (similar to 6L6)
  • 6P6S (6V6)
  • 6P14P (6BQ5/EL84)

[edit] References

RCA Receiving Tube Manual (RC-28)

[edit] External links