TubePad 6.0 Tube Chart

Quick Reference Data

Name: 6BL8
Use:
Miniature tube type used in frequency-changer service in color and black-and-white television receivers.
Notes: Requires a miniature 9-pin socket.


6BL8
Medium-MuTriode  Sharp-Cutoff Pentode

Characteristics
Data Source. . . . . . . . . RC-29
Heater or Filament Voltage . 6.3 volts
Heater or Filament Current . 0.45 amperes
EIA Base . . . . . . . . . . 9DC
Substitutes. . . . . . . . . 6LN8 6AX8 6U8 6KE8 6MG8



Capacitances and Design Maximum Values:

Section . . . . . . . . . .      Pentode
C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .      5.2 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .      3.4 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .     0.03 pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .      1.7 watts
Screen Dissipation. . . . .      0.5 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      250 volts
Maximum Screen Voltage. . .      175 volts
Maximum Plate Current . . .       14 ma

Section . . . . . . . . . .       Triode
C/in. . . . . . . . . . . .      2.5 pf
C/out . . . . . . . . . . .      1.8 pf
C/gp. . . . . . . . . . . .      1.5 pf
Plate Dissipation . . . . .      1.5 watts
Maximum Plate Voltage . . .      250 volts
Maximum Plate Current . . .       14 ma






Typical Operation as a Receiving Tube                   

Description          Ep Eg EgMax  Es  Is IsMax Ip IpMax   Rp   TC AF Zl PO
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Triode Class  A Amp 100 -2    -    -   -     - 14     -    - 5000 20  -  -
Pentode Class A Amp 170 -2    -  170 2.8     - 10     - 400K 6200 47  -  -