RCA type 5Z3 full-wave high-vacuum rectifier
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Full wave vacuum rectifier. A 4-pin plastic base with domed envelope. Donor card reads: "Full wave high vacuum rectifier made by the Radio Corporation of America. Similar to the 5-U-4-G except for the basing of the tube. Coated filament type 5 volts at 3 amperes. DC output 112 milliamperes at 510 volts maximum. Generally considered a receiving tube but can be used in the plate supply of low powered transmitters, or in biasing units of larger transmitters." See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5z3.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.324482
label: catalog number
content: 324482
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 4.445 cm