Continental Electric type C-1-B grid control rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Continental Corp.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top contact, T-shaped envelope. Stamped: "JAN-CEQ-3C31-C1B" and "SC 6299". Donor’s card reads: “Grid control rectifier made by Continental Electric Company after the design of type EL-C-1-B of Electrons Inc., of Newark, NJ. Made for the US government during World War II. Glass envelope and plate cap are at variance with the Electrons Inc. design. A half wave thyratron rectifier, filament type, 2.5 volts at 6.3 amps. Maximum instantaneous forward voltage 450, maximum instantaneous peak inverse voltage 700, continuous anode DC load 1 ampere. Anode operates at red heat.”
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.325181
label: catalog number
content: 325181
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 4.1275 cm