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These are not pin-compatible drop-in replacements due to different heater requirements.","An earlier Mullard tube also designated 'EL36' was an audio output pentode (the EL6 re-based to Octal) with different characteristics (Pa_max = 18 W, gm = 14.5 mA/V, ra = 20 kOhm). The Philips line-output EL36 superseded it and is the standard type.","Triode-strapped data sourced from Tom Schlangen's 'Pentodes Strapped as Triodes' (2009) measured data table and Turner Audio amplifier design page (https://www.turneraudio.com.au/2323-triode-integrated-6cm5.html), not from the manufacturer datasheet."],"references":["https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/030/e/EL36.pdf","https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/084/e/EL36_Mullard.pdf","https://tdsl.duncanamps.com/show.php?des=EL36","https://www.turneraudio.com.au/2323-triode-integrated-6cm5.html"],"source_urls":{"r_type":"https://www.r-type.org/exhib/aaa1106.htm","tdsl":"https://tdsl.duncanamps.com/show.php?des=EL36","radiomuseum":"https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_el36.html"},"raw_equivalents":["6CM5","CV2940","6P31S","E236L"],"equivalents":[],"similar":[{"type_number":"25E5","reason":"Series-heater version (25V/0.3A) — American designation for PL36","has_detail_page":true},{"type_number":"PL36","reason":"Series-heater 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Voltage","value":"6.3","numeric_value":"6.3","unit":"V","param_group":"heater"},{"key":"Ah","display_name":"Heater Current","value":"1.25","numeric_value":"1.25","unit":"A","param_group":"heater"}],"sections":[{"section_number":1,"section_label":"Pentode","tube_type_key":"power_pentode","specs":[{"key":"Va_max","display_name":"Anode Voltage (max)","value":"250","numeric_value":"250","unit":"V","param_group":"absolute_max"},{"key":"Vs_max","display_name":"Screen Voltage (max)","value":"250","numeric_value":"250","unit":"V","param_group":"absolute_max"},{"key":"Pa_max","display_name":"Anode Dissipation (max)","value":"12","numeric_value":"12","unit":"W","param_group":"absolute_max"},{"key":"Ps_max","display_name":"Screen Dissipation (max)","value":"5","numeric_value":"5","unit":"W","param_group":"absolute_max"},{"key":"Ik_max","display_name":"Cathode Current 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