RCA type 12AL5 twin diode
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "12AL5”. Donor’s card reads: “Twin diode made by the Radio Corporation of America. High perveance tube used as a detector in FM and television receivers. Especially useful as a ratio detector in AC/DC FM receivers. Heater type: 12.6 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_12al5.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.324928
label: catalog number
content: 324928
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 1.905 cm