RCA type 1635 “Radiotron” high-Mu twin triode
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A plastic 8-pin base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Base stamped: “RCA Radiotron / Electron / Tube / [RCA logo]”. Donor’s card reads: “High-Mu twin triode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass octal type used as an audio frequency amplifier in Class B condition. Heater: 6.3 volts at .6 ampere. Typical Class B operation: 300 volt plate current, 6 to 54 milliamperes swing, zero negative control grid bias for an output of 10.4 watts (two tubes in push-pull).” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_1635.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.324660
label: catalog number
content: 324660
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: 3 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm