RCA / Cunningham type 5Z4 "Radiotron" full-wave rectifier
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin plastic base with center post, steel can. Stamped on can: "RCA Radiotron / Made in U.S.A. / Cunningham / 5Z4". Donor’s card reads: “Full wave vacuum rectifier made by the Radio Corporation of America. Redesign of the 5Z4 in a more conventional form [than catalog number 324529]. Interchangeable in all respects with that tube. Heater type, 5 volts at 2 amperes. Plate capable of delivering 400 volts of DC at 125 milliamps.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5z4.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.324558
label: catalog number
content: 324558
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: 4 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 3.175 cm