CBS-Hytron type 816 half-wave mercury vapor rectifier
name: label: maker
content: CBS Hytron
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top cap, domed envelope. Stamped on base: “CBS / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Half-wave mercury vapor rectifier made by CBS-Hytron. Used in the power supply of radio transmitters and in industrial equipment. Coated filament: 2.5 volts at 2 amperes. Plate is capable of delivering 2400 volts DC up to 125 milliamperes.”
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.324824
label: catalog number
content: 324824
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm