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Pen4VA

Sensibly equivalent to:
7A2 A70B AC/Pen APP4A CV1174 KT42 MKT4/7 MP/Pen N40 P4VA Pen/4VA
See also:
Mullard AC Mains Valves - A High-Power Pentode and Other New Valves - CV1174 short entry
    
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The Pen4VA was, eventually, the Mullard answer to the landmark Mazda AC/Pen of 1930 for audio output within AC mains sets. The photo shows a post-war specimen made for replacement purposes. Following a series of rather less successful attempts to make indirectly-heated output pentodes (Pen20) the successful but obsolescent Pen4BA was introduced with a B7 base cap (by then, after 1933, current) but B5 versions were supplied as replacements for its less successful predecessor the Type Pen4V. These were designated Pen4VA (5).
The classic envelope is 42 mm in diameter, and excluding the B5 base pins, is 113 mm tall.
References: Private communication & 1040. Type Pen4VA was first introduced in 1933. See also 1933 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B5
1
2
3
4
5
tc
a
g1
h
h
k
g2

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Pentode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vs
Vg
mAa
mAs
ra
gm
rk
rl
Pout
D
4.0
1.35
250
250
-20
36
3.0
40,000
2.8
500
6,000
3.5W
10%
PDF scanned from an original document held by the museum
Updated January 03, 2022.
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