General Electric type VT154 beam power tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin metal base with top contact, BT-shaped envelope. Stamped on envelope: “General [GE logo] Electric / VT-154 / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Beam power tube made by the General Electric Company for the US government during World War II. Similar to the type 814 [catalog number 324462] and the the RK-47 [catalog number 324461] For use at full power up to 30 megacycles. Plate 1000 volts at 150 milliamperes, 300 volts on the screen, negative control grid bias 70, output about 100 watts.”
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.324682
label: catalog number
content: 324682
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 2 in; 19.05 cm x 5.08 cm