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The S4VB is a pentode, unfortunately we could only locate details for the MS4B equivalent.
For possible internal details refer to type S4VA.
The S4VA and S4VB specimens are typical of earlier Mullard oxide-process AC mains types (early to mid 1930s). The unsprayed S4VA has a less sophisticated form of assembly than the S23 and still relies on hand assembly using glass bead insulators. The internal skirt connected to the screen grid is a prominent feature of the design. The red-gold colour of the sprayed S4VB, and its unsprung base pins, show that it is relatively early for its type. By the later 1930s Mullard was buying MOV MS4Bs, spraying them with gold paint, and relabelling them as Mullard S4VAs.
The classic envelope is 46 mm in diameter and, excluding the B5 base pins, is 124 mm tall.
 
Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Pentode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vs
Vg
mAa
mAs
ra
gm
4.0
1.0
200
80
-1
3.4
1.2
0.35M
3.2

This exhibit was last updated on 07 February 2003