Sylvania type 117Z6GT vacuum rectifier-doubler
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, tipless T-shaped envelope. Stamped on envelope: “117Z6 / GT – 16S”; on base: [triangle lightning logo] Sylvania / Made in U.S.A. / 652”. Donor’s card reads: “Vacuum rectifier-doubler made by the Sylvania Corp. Glass octal type, used as half wave rectifier or voltage doubler in AC/DC radio receivers. Heater type: 117 volts at .075 ampere.”
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.324680
label: catalog number
content: 324680
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm