Sylvania type 6L6GA beam power tube
name: label: maker
content: Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. Stamped on envelope: “6L6/GA”. Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by Sylvania. Used in the output stage of audio amplifiers especially units designed to have ample reserve of power delivering ability. An unusual model of this tube, electrically similar to [catalog numbers 324474, 324475, and 324476]. The GA model was of very short duration and was succeeded by the GT model. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .9 ampere. For Class A operation, 350 volts on the plate, 18 volts negative control grid bias, this tube will give 10.8 watts of audio power.”
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.324584
label: catalog number
content: 324584
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm