Amperex type 862A power triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1936
name: label: maker
content: Amperex
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Amperex type 862-A power triode. This is a large transmitting triode used in radio stations. A large glass tube with long copper heat sink on bottom, top cap with two braided leads, and a glass stem with braided lead on each side. Water-cooled. Printed on envelope: “AMPEREX / 862A / MADE IN U.S.A.” Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_862a.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 Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320787
label: catalog number
content: 320787
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube, triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Object Name
content: transmitting triode
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 in x 15 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 147.32 cm x 39.37 cm x 16.51 cm