Antique radios, Old Time Radios

6L6

ID = 2218

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Brand:

Common type USA tube/semicond.

Common type USA tube/semicond. Mullard Radio Valve Co. Ltd.; CBS-Columbia Inc.; New York, NY General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY Ken-Rad, The Kentucky Radio Corporation; Owensboro, KY Lewis & Kaufman Ltd, Los Gatos, CA Norelco, North American Philips Co. Inc.; Dobbs Ferry and New York, NY Raytheon Mfg. Co.; Cambridge, MA RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

Tube type:

Beam Power Tube Power/Output

Identical to

6L6 = VT-115 = CV1948 = 6Л6

Similar Tubes

Other shape (e.g. bulb type):

5932 ; 6L6G ; 6L6GA ; 6L6GB ; 6L6GT ; 6L6GTY ; 6L6GX ; 6L6T ; 6L6WGA ; 6P3P

Normally replaceable-slightly different:

CV658

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

1614 ; 1622 ; 6L6Y ; GL1614

Different maximum ratings:

6L6WGB

Heater different:

1631

Differences not known by us:

6L6M

Multiple differences or of other kind:

1619

First year

24.Mar.1936 Electron Tube Registration List starts with >150 models in 1936, not before.

Successor Tubes

6L6GC

Base

Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 (Codex=Udb)

Was used by

Radio/TV-reception etc.

Filament

Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.9 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AC/DC

Description

Beam-power-tetrode, launched spring 1936 by RCA. Predecessors: none / Successors: none, still in production. By demand of more output power new output tubes appeared in 1936 with plate dissipation increased from 9 to 18 watts. In Europe it were the pentodes AL5 (4Vf) and EL5 (6.3Vf), in the USA it was the worlds first and most famous beam-power-tetrode, the 6L6. First it appeared as metal tube, then in several glass versions, e.g. as 6L6GC with 35 watts dissipation.

Text in other languages (may differ)

Tube prices

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Information source

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

6L6: Courtesy Bureau Belper (De Muiderkring, Bussum), Scan Frank Philipse Anonymous 10 Collector More ...
6L6: RCA Reference Book 1968 Anonymous 10 Collector	Just Qvigstad	6L6: RCA RECEIVING TUBE MANUAL Jg. 1950 Peter Steffen More ...

Usage in Models

4= 1936?? ; 31= 1936? ; 125= 1936 ; 8= 1937?? ; 25= 1937? ; 116= 1937 ; 12= 1938?? ; 13= 1938? ; 82= 1938 ; 17= 1939?? ; 3= 1939? ; 40= 1939 ; 17= 1940?? ; 6= 1940? ; 30= 1940 ; 4= 1941?? ; 2= 1941? ; 10= 1941 ; 2= 1942?? ; 4= 1942? ; 5= 1942 ; 1= 1943?? ; 2= 1943? ; 2= 1943 ; 3= 1944? ; 2= 1944 ; 12= 1945?? ; 3= 1945? ; 3= 1945 ; 21= 1946?? ; 9= 1946? ; 14= 1946 ; 5= 1947?? ; 6= 1947? ; 16= 1947 ; 4= 1948?? ; 11= 1948? ; 15= 1948 ; 2= 1949?? ; 12= 1949? ; 12= 1949 ; 42= 1950?? ; 10= 1950? ; 22= 1950 ; 3= 1951?? ; 2= 1951? ; 12= 1951 ; 3= 1952?? ; 10= 1952? ; 12= 1952 ; 2= 1953?? ; 4= 1953? ; 21= 1953 ; 5= 1954?? ; 2= 1954? ; 4= 1954 ; 15= 1955?? ; 1= 1955? ; 2= 1955 ; 5= 1956?? ; 5= 1956? ; 3= 1956 ; 1= 1957?? ; 4= 1957? ; 5= 1957 ; 4= 1958?? ; 12= 1958? ; 4= 1958 ; 3= 1959?? ; 8= 1959? ; 2= 1959 ; 10= 1960?? ; 2= 1960? ; 2= 1961?? ; 6= 1961? ; 1= 1962? ; 9= 1962 ; 1= 1963?? ; 1= 1963? ; 3= 1963 ; 2= 1964? ; 1= 1965?? ; 1= 1965? ; 3= 1965 ; 1= 1966? ; 1= 1967?? ; 1= 1990?? ; 1= 2001?? ; 1= 2005 ; 1= 2014 ; 1= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):988

Collection of

6L6

Forum contributions about this tube

6L6

Threads: 1 | Posts: 1

Hits: 6268 Replies: 0 6L6 (6L6)
Michel Deluz 30.Mar.11	1 6L6 (6L6) La limite pour ce tube en P.P. classe AB1 de 400v anodiques et 300v écran n'est pas donnée par tous les constructeurs ; nous ne connaissons que RCA et STC qui la mentionnent. Ce sont semble-t-il les seuls constructeurs qui font la différence entre les limites pour la classe A et celles pour la classe AB qui sollicite un peu moins le tube.

6L6
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