General Electric type 5-V-4-GA full-wave vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1959
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin plastic base with center post, and T-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: “Electronic / Tube / Made in U.S.A.”, on envelope: “5V4 / GA”. Donor’s card reads: “Full-wave vacuum rectifier made by the General Electric Company about 1959. An improved version of the type 5-V-4-G [catalog number 324658]. Glass octal type used in the power supply of radio equipment having high DC requirements. Heater type: 5 volts at 2 amperes. Maximum DC output 175 milliamps at 415 volts.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5v4ga.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.325003
label: catalog number
content: 325003
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: 3 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 3.81 cm