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PCL85

Sensibly equivalent to:
18GV8 PCL805
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Valves and their Habits
    
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The PCL85 is a triode and output pentode combined. The PCL85 was used as frame output valve on monochrome tv's and occasionally (ITT CVC5 chassis) colour tv's. The pentode section does not have an audio output rating.
The pentode has significant grid cooling fins. The triode is much smaller.
The thin glass tube envelope is 21 mm in diameter and, excluding the B9A base pins, is 71 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet & 1040. Type PCL85 was first introduced in 1961. See also 1961 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B9A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
a(t)
g1(t)
k(t)
h
h
a
g2
k,s,g3
g1

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Pentode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vs
Vg
mAa
mAs
ra
gm
18.0
0.3
170
170
-15
41
2.7
25,000
7.25

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Triode
Va
Vg
mAa
ra
gm
100
0
10
9,000
5.5
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated March 22, 2014.
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