Western Electric type 124-A ballast lamp
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A brass mogul-screw base with glass insulator, T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 124-A”. Donor’s card reads: “Ballast lamp made by the Western Electric Company for use in telephone circuits. Iron wire type. Control range from 5 to 12 volts and 8.2 to 11.7 amperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_124a.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.325312
label: catalog number
content: 325312
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ballast Lamp
label: Object Name
content: resistance
label: Other Terms
content: Ballast Lamp; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 5.08 cm