Ken-Rad type 2051 thyratron
name: label: maker
content: Ken-Rad Tube and Lamp Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An 8-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. Stamped in envelope: "Ken-Rad / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Thyratron made by Ken-Rad. A gas tetrode similar to and interchangeable with the type 2050 [catalog number 325055]. Used in grid controlled rectifier service for general industrial use. Heater type: 6.3 volts at 2.4 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_2051.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325015
label: catalog number
content: 325015
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 2 in; 10.16 cm x 5.08 cm