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PL83

Sensibly equivalent^¶ to:

15A6 N153 N309

See also:

Valves and their Habits - PL83 Advert

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Mullard The Hampshire Collection Other PL83 exhibits

This PL83 was made in the UK by Mullard. It was designed as a sensitive video amplifier valve for television receivers.

The glass is not perfectly clear but the copper supports of the control grid can be seen.

This is a true pentode with three wire grids. The discolouration of the glass around the hole in the anode tells of a hard service life.

The thin glass tube envelope is 20 mm in diameter and, excluding the B9A base pins, is 67 mm tall.

References: Data-sheet & ¹⁰⁴⁰. Type PL83 was first introduced in 1951. See also 1951 adverts.

Pin Connections

B9A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	g2	g1	k	h	h	g3	a	s	nc

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions^¶

Pentode	Vh	Ah	Va	Vs	Vg	mAa	mAs	ra	gm
	15	0.3	170	170	-2.3	36.0	5.0	0.1M	10.0

Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.

Updated January 05, 2022.

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