Ken-Rad / Crosley type 6-B-5 direct coupled power triode
name: label: maker
content: Ken-Rad Tube and Lamp Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with domed envelope. Stamped in envelope: “6B5”, on base: “Crosley / Made by Ken-Rad.” Donor’s card reads: “Direct coupled power triode made by the Ken-Rad Lamp and Tube Company of Owensboro, Ky. Used as a Class A power amplifier. Envelope contains two triode type tubes. One triode, the driver, is connected directly within the tube to the second, or output, triode. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .8 amperes. Input triode: 300 volts at 8 ma on the plate, zero negative control grid bias; output triode: 300 volts at 45 ma on the plate. Output 4 watts.”
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.324532
label: catalog number
content: 324532
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 4.445 cm