RCA type 1629 "Electronic Eye" tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, and T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “JAN-CRC-1629 / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Electronic Eye tube made by the Radio Corporation of America for use as a visual tuning indicator in radio receivers. Triode type, heater cathode, 12.6 volts at .15 ampere. Plate uses 250 volts through a 1 megohm resistor for a plate current of .25 milliampere. Target 250 volts at 4 milliamperes. Shadow angle 90 degrees at zero bias, 0 degrees requires an 8 volt negative bias.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_1629.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.324997
label: catalog number
content: 324997
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube,Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm