Tung-Sol type 6X5GT full-wave vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938
name: label: maker
content: Tung-Sol
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with central post, T-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: “6X5GT”. Donor’s card reads: “Full-wave vacuum rectifier made by the Tung-Sol Electric Company. Glass octal type used in the power supply of automobile and AC operated radio receivers. Heater: 6.3 volts at .6 ampere. Maximum plate circuit capacity 370 volts at 70 milliamps.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6x5gt.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.325065
label: catalog number
content: 325065
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.175 cm