Taylor type T-20 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: Taylor Tubes Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top contact, ceramic insulator, S-shaped envelope. Stamped in envelope: “Taylor / Tube / Made in U.S.A. / T 20”. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by Taylor Tubes Inc., of Chicago, Illinois in the early 1930s. Used as a Class C radio frequency amplifier. 750 volts at 85 milliamps on the plate, with 140 volt negative control grid bias, an output of 35 watts could be obtained from 3.6 watts drive.”
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.325008
label: catalog number
content: 325008
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: 6 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 5.715 cm