RCA type 0A-3 voltage regulator
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. Base stamped: “RCA Electronic / Tube”. Donor’s card reads: “Voltage regulator made by the Radio Corporation of America. Also known as type VR-25. A cold cathode glow discharge tube used as a voltage regulator where it is necessary to maintain a constant DC output voltage independent of the current load and minor line fluctuations. May also be used as a relaxation type oscillator and for spark-over protection.”
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.325158
label: catalog number
content: 325158
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Voltage Regulator
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Other Terms
content: Voltage Regulator; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm