Ken-Rad type 6A6 high-Mu twin power triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935
name: label: maker
content: Ken-Rad Tube and Lamp Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with domed envelope. Stamped on envelope: "6A6". Donor’s card reads: “Twin power triode made by Ken-Rad. Glass type used in the output stage of AC operated radio receivers. Used as a Class B amplifier, or with the units in parallel as a Class A amplifier, to drive another 6-A-6 as a Class B amplifier. Filament: 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6a6.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.325168
label: catalog number
content: 325168
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Object Name
content: dual triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 4.445 cm