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ECL80

Sensibly equivalent to:
63TP 6AB8 LN152
See also:
Valves and their Habits - Mullard ECL80 Advert - Mullard ECL80 in Push-Pull Advert - Flywheel Synch for Line Timebases Advert. - 15 Watt DC/AC Amplifier Advert - A Single Valve Gram Unit
    
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The ECL80 is a triode, output pentode for audio use and this exhibit was made by Philips in Holland. The ECL80 is a low power device with the triode feeding the pentode for a compact single end audio stage.
The heater at 6.3 Volts and 300 mA makes this valve suitable for equipment with mains transformers and heater chains across the domestic mains.
Mullard describe the ECL80 as primarily designed for use in television receivers (VHF 405 line models) with the triode as a frame blocking oscillator and the pentode as a frame output valve. Other applications include the use of the triode as a line blocking oscillator, AF voltage amplifier or in multivibrator circuits and the operation of the pentode as an audio output valve or a synchronising pulse separator. This valve was also used in low cost record players with high output crystal pick-ups, normally with a metal rectifier. The latter being an early solid state device.
The ECL80 was not without faults in use and the above article gives details.
The triode grid is surrounded on three sides by the bright metal screen.
The pentode grid axis is set at 90 degrees to the triode above.
The triode anode with the connection rod on the right.
The thin glass tube envelope is 20 mm in diameter and, excluding the B9A base pins, is 58 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet & 1040. Type ECL80 was first introduced in 1950. See also 1950 adverts.

 

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

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Pentode
Vh
Ah
Va
Vs
Vg
mAa
mAs
ra
gm
6.3
0.3
200
200
-8
17.5
3.3
25k
5
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated March 12, 2022.
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