Elkon model EBH dry contact rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935
name: label: maker
content: Mallory
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Four stacks of cells arranged vertically and mounted on a 4-pin plug-in base. Ventilated metal shell. Reference from Radio Museum: "Elkon type EBH dry rectifier made for replacing type 280 tube in B eliminators. Self healing type with working temperature 60°C, guaranteed for 5000 hours or one year." Maker: P.R. Mallory & Co.; Indianapolis. Reference: Amateur Wireless, 6 July 1929, page 3 for description and image of unit in a radio.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322068
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 322068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rectifier
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 4.445 cm