Sylvania type VT200 cold cathode glow discharge tube
name: label: maker
content: Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. Stamped on base: “Sylvania / VT-200”, on envelope: "VR105 / 30". Donor’s card reads: “Cold cathode glow discharge tube made by Sylvania Corporation. Also known as OC-3 or VR-105. Used as a voltage regulator in applications where it is necessary to maintain constant DC voltage across a load independent of load current and moderate line voltage variations. Like other glow discharge tubes it may be used as a relaxation oscillator and for spark-over protection. DC operating voltage 105, regulation 5 to 30 milliamps.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_vt200.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.325011
label: catalog number
content: 325011
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Discharge Tube
label: Other Terms
content: Discharge Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm