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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 Mullard PL83 was made in France. The PL83 was designed as a sensitive video amplifier valve for television receivers.

The envelope is covered with the hard residue of once present adhesive tape.

The thin glass tube envelope is 20 mm in diameter and, excluding the B9A base pins, is 69 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 February 26, 2022.

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