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← 5998
5998 — Candidate to replace following?
Power Triode — Octal
⚠ Safety
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Equivalents — Same Tube, Different Names
✓
421A
✓
2399
✓
5998A
✓
6520
Top 10 Picks
6080
drop-in
6.3V
✓ Safe
7802
drop-in
6.3V
✓ Safe
6AS7
drop-in
6.3V
✓ Safe
6BX7
drop-in
6.3V
✓ Safe
6H13C
drop-in
Your Tube
Base:
Octal
Heater:
6.3V / 2.4A
Type:
power triode
mu:
5.4
gm:
15.5
mA/V
ra:
350
Ω
Ia:
100
mA
Pa:
13
W
Pinout (Octal)
g1_2
a2
k2
g1_1
a1
k1
h
h
Candidates to replace (11)
Fit:
Drop-in
7
Adapter
0
Status:
✓ Safe
7
⚠ Close, low Pa
1
⚠ Low Pa
3
7 shown
▣ Compact
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6.3V Heater
(7 candidates)
Tube
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Pa
Ah
Fit
6080
✓ Safe
13
W
2.5
drop-in
7802
✓ Safe
13
W
2.5
drop-in
6AS7
✓ Safe
13
W
2.5
drop-in
6BX7
✓ Safe
10
W
-23%
1.5
drop-in
6H13C
✓ Safe
13
W
2.5
drop-in
6N13P
✓ Safe
13
W
2.5
drop-in
6N5S
✓ Safe
13
W
2.5
drop-in
Generated 2026-04-09
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6.3V
✓ Safe
6N13P
drop-in
6.3V
✓ Safe
6N5S
drop-in
6.3V
✓ Safe
7236
drop-in
6.3V
⚠ Close, low Pa
6528
drop-in
6.3V
⚠ Low Pa
6336B
drop-in
6.3V
⚠ Low Pa