RCA type 6F6G power pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A plastic 7-pin base with center post, domed envelope, getter stain, aquadag coating. Stamped on base: "RCA". Donor’s card reads: “Power pentode, glass octal type, made by the Radio Corporation of America. Capable of very large power output from a relatively small input voltage. Interchangeable with the metal 6F6 [catalog number 324564]. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .7 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6f6g.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.324591
label: catalog number
content: 324591
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm