RCA type 6Y6G beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1937
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope, aquadag coating. RCA logo stamped on base. Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass octal type used as an output amplifier in radio receivers in which the plate voltage available is relatively low. Also used in Radio frequency operated high voltage power supplies in television receivers. Heater: 6.3 volts at 1.25 ampere. 135 volts on the plate and screen, Maximum power output 6 watts.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6y6g.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.325024
label: catalog number
content: 325024
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
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