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6AY5 Pinout
basing pinout

 

6AY5 Substitutes
Close or identical 5871, 6P6C*, 6V6, 6V6G, 6V6GT, 6V6GTA, 6V6GTY, 6V6Y, 7184, CV509, CV510, CV511, OSW3106, VT107, VT227, WT2100082, WTT123
Different rating or performance 7408

Warning: Substitutes are given as a guide only - please refer to original manufacturers data sheets to ensure that a substitute is safe and appropriate for your application.

 

6AY5 Ratings
Vh
V
Ih
A
VaMax
V
PaMax
W
Pg2Max
W
Notes
6.3 0.45 350 14.0 2.2
6.3 0.45 315 10.0 Triode connection

 

6AY5 Application Data
Class Va
V
Vg2
V
Vg1
V
Ia
mA
Ig2
mA
Ra
Ω
S
mA/V
Zout
Ω
Pout
W
THD
%
Notes
A S/E 315 225 -13.0 34.0 2.2 80,000 3.75 8,500 5.5 12
A S/E 250 250 -12.5 45.0 4.5 50,000 4.1 5,000 4.5
A S/E 180 180 -8.5 29.0 3.0 50,000 3.7 5,500 2.0
AB1 P/P 285 285 -19.0 70.0 4.0 70,000 3.6 8,000 14.0 3.5 Ia and Ig2 for two tubes at zero signal
AB1 P/P 250 250 -15.0 70.0 5.0 60,000 3.75 10,000 10.0 Ia and Ig2 for two tubes at zero signal

 

6AY5 Data sheet links
Dave Cigna''s Pages (DuncanAmps mirror) 6V6GT: html
Peter Millett 6V6-GTA: Acrobat PDF 212K  7408: Acrobat PDF 53K
The Valve Museum 6V6: html, html2  6V6G: html3
oldradio.qrz.ru 6V6: Brans Vademecum, MK buizen handboek
Frank Philipse (Wildcat mirror - Jörg Jan Münter) 5871: 5871.pdf (77698 bytes)  6V6: 6V6.pdf (101315 bytes) (de), 6V6.pdf (127614 bytes) (fr), 6V6.pdf (177785 bytes), 6V6.pdf (34131 bytes), 6V6.pdf (41797 bytes), 6V6.pdf (565224 bytes)  6V6G: 6V6G.pdf (57555 bytes)  6V6GT: 6V6GT.pdf (171814 bytes) (fr), 6V6GT.pdf (585729 bytes), 6V6GT.pdf (643545 bytes)  6V6GTA: 6V6GTA.pdf (218227 bytes), 6V6GTA.pdf (225328 bytes), 6V6GTA.pdf (469981 bytes)  7408: 7408.pdf (563615 bytes), 7408.pdf (68735 bytes), 7408.pdf (68812 bytes)
TubeZone 6V6: pdf
Wikipedia 6V6: Wikipedia page

Bold designators are close or identical, Italic designators are different ratings, different pinouts or different filament voltages. Please see the substitutes at the top of the page for more details

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