Sears type 6-N-6-G “Super Silvertone” direct-coupled power triode
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. Stamped on base: “Super / Silvertone / C”, on envelope: “6N6/G / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Direct-coupled power triode, glass octal type, made for the Sears, Roebuck & Co. “Silvertone” line of radio receivers. Actually two triodes in one envelope. One triode is connected inside the tube as a driver for the output triode. Used as an output amplifier tube in early AC radio receivers under Class A-1 conditions.”
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.324588
label: catalog number
content: 324588
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.7475 cm x 4.445 cm