TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 6AC7
Use:
Metal type used in rf and if stages or picture amplifier and the first stages of the video amplifier of television receivers. It is also used as a mixer or oscillator tube in low-frequency applications.
Notes: Tube requires an octal socket.

6AC7
Sharp-Cutoff Pentode

Characteristics
Data Source. . . . . . . . . . . . .   RCA RC-15,1947
Heater or Filament Voltage . . . . .   6.3 Volts
Heater or Filament Current . . . . .   0.45 Amp
Maximum Heather-Cathode Voltage  . .   90 Volts
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8N
Substitutes. . . . . . . . . . . . .   6AJ7 6134 1852 
                                       6AB7 6SK7 6SD7
Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

Section. . . . . . . . . .     Pentode
C/in . . . . . . . . . . .     11 pF
C/out. . . . . . . . . . .     5 pF
C/gp . . . . . . . . . . .     0.15 pF
Plate Voltage. . . . . . .     300 Volts
Grid No. 2 Voltage . . . .     300 Volts
Plate Dissipation. . . . .     3.0 Watts
Grid No. 2 Dissipation . .     0.38 Watts
Typical Operation as a Receiving Tube                   

Description  Ep  Eg EgMax Es Is IsMax Ip IpMax Rp  TC  AF Zl PO
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Class A Amp 300 160* -   150 2.5  -   10   -   1M 9000 -  -  -
*Resistance in ohms