General Electric type GL-845 power triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin metal base with T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “845”. Donor’s card reads: “Power triode made by the General Electric Company, first made by GE in 1928. Similar to and interchangeable with the United Electronics type 845 [catalog number 324964] but of vastly superior construction. Thoriated tungsten filament, used as a power amplifier and modulator Filament 10 volts at 3.25 amperes, capable of 100 watts audio output in Class AB-1 operation.”
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.324978
label: catalog number
content: 324978
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: 7 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 5.715 cm