Antique radios, Old Time Radios

EL42

ID = 689

Country:

Worldwide

Brand:

Common type Worldwide tube/semicond.

Common type Worldwide tube/semicond. Triotron (tubes) = Brand of Schrack, Austria Lorenz; Berlin, Zuffenhausen u.a. Siemens (& Halske, -Schuckert Werke SSW, Electrogeräte); Berlin, München Valvo GmbH, Radioröhrenfabrik; Hamburg Cifté, Oréga-Cifte (Belvu), Compagnie Industrielle Française des Tubes Électroniques; Courbevoie, Paris Haltron (brand), Hall Electric Ltd.; London Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt Philips Argentina, FAPESA, Miniwatt tubes; Buenos Aires

Tube type:

Vacuum Pentode Power/Output

Identical to

EL42 = BF62 = N151

Similar Tubes

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

95105

Other base:

6BN5 ; EL85

First year

1947 Tube leaflet collection E.Erb Analysis by original leaflets

First Source (s)

Dec.1947 : Funk-Technik (FT) 1947, Heft 24

Jan.1948 : Daten und Schaltungen moderner ... Röhren; Philips # 3A

Predecessor Tubes

EL2 EL8 EL32 ELL1 EL13

Successor Tubes

EL95 EL85

Base

Rimlock base B8A (Codex=Wh)

Was used by

Radio/TV-reception etc.

Filament

Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.2 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AC/DC

Description

Economical output pentode
The EL42 is designed for car radios or equipment with low power consumption and/or smaller output power demand. [Jacob Roschÿ,18Apr2003]

Text in other languages (may differ)

Tube prices

16 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49

EL42: corrected version Roland Langfeld
EL42: RTT 1974 (Franzis) 13. Auflage Martin Renz More ...	Just Qvigstad	EL42: RVF-Röhrenbuch-M1,1947 Anonymous 15 Collector More ...

Usage in Models

7= 1948?? ; 1= 1948? ; 5= 1948 ; 2= 1949?? ; 2= 1949? ; 26= 1949 ; 15= 1950?? ; 7= 1950? ; 22= 1950 ; 4= 1951? ; 24= 1951 ; 9= 1952?? ; 7= 1952? ; 13= 1952 ; 9= 1953?? ; 9= 1953? ; 31= 1953 ; 10= 1954?? ; 10= 1954? ; 48= 1954 ; 13= 1955?? ; 10= 1955? ; 32= 1955 ; 2= 1956?? ; 15= 1956? ; 27= 1956 ; 5= 1957?? ; 12= 1957? ; 12= 1957 ; 2= 1958?? ; 11= 1958? ; 3= 1958 ; 1= 1959? ; 2= 1960?? ; 1= 1964?? ; 1= 1965?? ; 1= 1967

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):411

Museum "Philips Historische Producten"

Collection of

EL42

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