General Electric type 5852 full-wave high-vacuum rectifier
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Full-wave high-vacuum rectifier made by the General Electric Company for aircraft and industrial applications where freedom from early failure and long average service life as extremely important. Designed to withstand severe mechanical shock. Heater type: 6.3 volts at 1.2 amperes. 1375 volts maximum inverse peak anode voltage, maximum anode current (each anode) 270 milliamperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5852.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.324719
label: catalog number
content: 324719
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: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm