thumb|6V6 Tube socket|Octal socket basing diagram. 1 - * Unconnected in all versions except for the shell connection of the metal 6V6 2 & 7 - Filament / Heater 3 - Anode / Plate 4 - Grid 2 / Screen Grid 5 - Grid 1 / Control Grid 6 - No connection. Pin normally absent 8 - Cathode & Beam-Forming Plates
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Current use
- The 6V6 Family and equivalents
- Similar tubes
- See also
- References
- General references
- External links
thumb|6V6 Tube socket|Octal socket basing diagram. 1 - * Unconnected in all versions except for the shell connection of the metal 6V6 2 & 7 - Filament / Heater 3 - Anode / Plate 4 - Grid 2 / Screen Grid 5 - Grid 1 / Control Grid 6 - No connection. Pin normally absent 8 - Cathode & Beam-Forming Plates
The 6V6 is a beam-power tetrode vacuum tube. The first of this family of tubes to be introduced was the 6V6G by Ken-Rad Tube & Lamp Corporation in late 1936, with the availability by December of both Ken-Rad and Raytheon 6V6G tubes announced. It is still in use in audio applications, especially electric guitar amplifiers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “6V6” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.