General Electric type GL-2-C-39-A triode
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A metal and ceramic shell with ventilated heat sink. Similar to a lighthouse tube in appearance. Stamped on bottom: “GL-2-C-39-A / 3-13 / 188-6 / Made in / U.S.A. / [GE logo]”. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by the General Electric Company. A high Mu triode for the very high and ultra high frequency bands in grounded grid power amplifier, oscillator, or frequency multiplier circuits up to 2500 megacycles. The anode will dissipate 100 watts with forced air cooling. Heater type: 6.3 volts at 1 ampere, cathode is oxide coated. Plate voltage up to 1000 for an output of 40 watts.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.324701
label: catalog number
content: 324701
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm