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PL83

Sensibly equivalent^¶ to:

15A6 N153 N309

See also:

Valves and their Habits - PL83 Advert

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Mullard Valves from David Martin Other PL83 exhibits

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

This exhibit carries the later Mullard logo and was not made in the UK. It looks to be unused unlike our other Mullard PL83.

A side view shows the grid wires and grid supports through the hole in the anode. The control grid and screen grid wires can be seen clearly, the suppressor grid less so.

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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