Antique radios, Old Time Radios

12BE6

ID = 2630

Country:

Worldwide

Brand:	Common type Worldwide tube/semicond. Common type Worldwide tube/semicond. RCA Victor Radio S.A., São Paulo Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA Raytheon Mfg. Co.; Cambridge, MA Tung-Sol Electric Inc.; Newark (NJ)
Developer:	RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)
Tube type:	Pentagrid-Converter (Heptode) Pentagrid (new) Controlling (mu)

Identical to

12BE6 = HK90

Similar Tubes

Normally replaceable-slightly different:

12BE6A

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

12BE6N

Heater different:

26D6 ; 6BE6

First year

1946 -- Collector info (Sammler)

First Source (s)

25.Oct.1945 : Electron Tube Registration List

Predecessor Tubes

12SA7 14Q7 12SA7G 14S7

Successor Tubes

12BA7 26D6 12BE6A

Base

Miniatur-7-Pin-Base B7G, USA 1940 (Codex=Zeo)

Was used by

Radio/TV-reception etc.

Filament

Vf 12.6 Volts / If 0.15 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC

Description

First registered in October 1945 for +/- 90 V max peak cathode to heater insulation. Re-registered in June 1951 with the same cathode-heater insulation. Registration updated in December 1959, with cathode-to-heater insulation uprated to +/- 200 V.

Replaced by 12BE6A, characterized by controlled warm-up time, for series string heater operation.

* RMA/JEDEC register record available by courtesy of TCA* - Full record is downloadable here.

Tube prices

3 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

Essential Characteristics, GE 1973
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49
- - Manufacturers Literature

12BE6: Courtesy Bureau Belper (De Muiderkring, Bussum), Scan Frank Philipse Karel De Reus † More ...
12BE6: RTT 1974 (Franzis) 13. Auflage Martin Renz More ...	Just Qvigstad	12BE6: RCA Tube Manual Peter Hoddow More ...

Usage in Models

4= 1946?? ; 18= 1946? ; 58= 1946 ; 3= 1947?? ; 22= 1947? ; 117= 1947 ; 17= 1948?? ; 47= 1948? ; 179= 1948 ; 31= 1949?? ; 39= 1949? ; 91= 1949 ; 140= 1950?? ; 121= 1950? ; 128= 1950 ; 39= 1951?? ; 190= 1951? ; 172= 1951 ; 44= 1952?? ; 254= 1952? ; 150= 1952 ; 38= 1953?? ; 146= 1953? ; 272= 1953 ; 44= 1954?? ; 331= 1954? ; 202= 1954 ; 92= 1955?? ; 308= 1955? ; 181= 1955 ; 30= 1956?? ; 297= 1956? ; 119= 1956 ; 15= 1957?? ; 159= 1957? ; 156= 1957 ; 38= 1958?? ; 131= 1958? ; 186= 1958 ; 21= 1959?? ; 231= 1959? ; 247= 1959 ; 166= 1960?? ; 124= 1960? ; 129= 1960 ; 21= 1961?? ; 129= 1961? ; 86= 1961 ; 31= 1962?? ; 175= 1962? ; 53= 1962 ; 14= 1963?? ; 209= 1963? ; 81= 1963 ; 18= 1964?? ; 215= 1964? ; 85= 1964 ; 55= 1965?? ; 179= 1965? ; 31= 1965 ; 37= 1966?? ; 52= 1966? ; 22= 1966 ; 9= 1967?? ; 12= 1967? ; 14= 1967 ; 12= 1968?? ; 6= 1968? ; 4= 1968 ; 3= 1969?? ; 1= 1969? ; 3= 1969 ; 8= 1970?? ; 2= 1970? ; 1= 1970 ; 1= 1971 ; 1= 1972 ; 2= 1973 ; 1= 1974?? ; 1= 1974? ; 1= 1975?? ; 1= 1976 ; 1= 1977? ; 2= 1977 ; 1= 1978?? ; 1= 1979?? ; 1= 9999?? ; 2= 9999? ; 7= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):7118

Collection of

Documents about this component

RMA registration record covering the RCA tube types 6AT6, 6AU6, 6BA6, 6BE6, 12AT6, 12BA6, 12BE6, 35W4 and 50B5

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12BE6

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12BE6

Common type Worldwide tube/semicond.

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