RCA type 12H6 twin diode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin base with plastic insulator and center post, metal T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “Made in U.S.A. / 5-04 / RCA Electron / Tube [RCA logo]”. Donor’s card reads: “Twin diode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Metal type used as a detector, low voltage rectifier, or automatic volume control tube in AC/DC radio receivers. Except for heater voltage, this tube is identical with the type 6-H-6 [catalog number 324561] and 6-H-6-GT [catalog number 325151] tubes. Heater type: 12.6 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_12h6.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.325277
label: catalog number
content: 325277
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 3.175 cm