RCA type 892-R power triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A large glass tube with ventilated copper heat sink (two handles) on bottom, and a top cap with two connectors. RCA medallion on handle band. Donor’s card reads: “Power triode made by the Radio Corporation of America. This is the air-cooled version of the UV-892 [catalog number 324503]. From station WJJD, Chicago. For typical Class C operation: 10000 volts at 820 milliamps on the plate, 1300 volt negative grid bias, for an output of 10 kw from a .5 kw drive. Center tapped tungsten filament: 22 volts at 60 amperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_892r.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.325320
label: catalog number
content: 325320
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: radio tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 1/2 in x 11 in x 8 in; 52.07 cm x 27.94 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/4 in x 8 in; 53.975 cm x 20.32 cm