United Electronics type 878 half-wave high vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: United Electronics Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top cap, T-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: “United / 878 / Made in U.S.A.”. Donor’s card reads: “Half-wave rectifier made by United Electronics Co. for the US government during World War II. Made for use in the anode voltage supply of cathode ray tubes. Filament: 2.5 volts at 5 amperes. Plate 6000 volts at 5 milliamps.”
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.324788
label: catalog number
content: 324788
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: 7 in x 1 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 4.445 cm