RCA type 80 full-wave vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: 1927
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A plastic 4-pin base with domed envelope. Stamped on envelope: “80”; on base: “Licensed / as listed / on carton.” Donor’s card reads: “Full wave vacuum rectifier made by the Radio Corporation of America. Used in the power supply of radio equipment having moderate DC requirements. Identical except in basing with the 5-Y-3-GT tub which has an octal base. Filament: 5 volts at 2 amperes. DC capacity: 350 volts at 125 milliamperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_80.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.324416
label: catalog number
content: 324416
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm