Westinghouse type WL-5736 power triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin glass base with copper heat sink. Stamped: “WL-1536” on envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Power triode made by Westinghouse, from the WRCV-KYW AM transmitter at Whitemarsh, PA., through the courtesy of John Michaels, Chief Engineer. For use at frequencies up to 60 megacycles ay full input. Filament: thoriated tungsten, 6 volts at 60 amps. For Class C plate modulated telephony; plate 3000 volts at 1.4 amperes, negative control grid bias 1000 volts, with a drive of 270 watts an output of 3200 watts can be secured.”
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.324619
label: catalog number
content: 324619
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 3 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm