Westinghouse type 12-X-4 full-wave vacuum rectifier
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "Westinghouse / Electric”. Donor’s card reads: “Full-wave vacuum rectifier made by Westinghouse Co. A heater type cathode power rectifier adapted by its small size and low voltage drop to use with vibrator type inverters in automobile radio receivers. Plate circuit is capable of handling 450 volts at 70 milliamps. Heater type: 12.6 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_12x4.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.324890
label: catalog number
content: 324890
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: 2 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 6.35 cm x 1.5875 cm