Power Pentode
Various Brands
The 6KG6 /6KG6A /EL509 Vacuum tube is a magnoval type
used as a horizontal-deflection amplifier in color tv
receivers and short wave radios. It requires a magnoval 9-contact socket.
Later on EL519 tubes replaced the 6KG6A and EL509 tubes.
All three tubes are compatible.
WARNING ~ EL509S in NOT the same as a 6KG6A / EL509! They are TOTALLY different and are
NOT Substitutes!
Electrical Data:
Heater Voltage ................................ 6.3 V
Heater Current ................................ 2.0 A
Maximum Heater-Cathode Voltage ................ 250 V
Prefered Substitutes .....................
........6KG6A, 6N45C, 6N45S, 6P45C,
6P45S, EL509, EL519, 8704
WARNING ~ The Svetlana EL509-2, EL509-3 and JJ EL509S are
eight pin octal based versions of the EL509 / EL519. These modified tubes do not have the top
plate cap. Instead of the top plate cap, they use a pin on the octal base. You can use these
tubes but only if the socket is wired different.
WARNING ~ The preferred
substitutes such as 6KG6A, EL509 and EL519 may be taller
than 6N45C, 6N45S, 6P45C and 6P45S tubes.
If you are using 6N45C, 6N45S, 6P45C or 6P45S tubes,
6KG6A, EL509 and EL519 tubes may not allow you to put
your cover back on your radio or amplifier.
Make sure you measure your tubes!
To measure a tube, place the tube on a table
standing on its pins. Using a tape measure or ruler,
measure the tube from the table top to the top of the
cap.
All 6N45C, 6N45S, 6P45C and 6P45S tubes measure 4 - 5/8
inches tall. ~ Rod.