General Electric type 6-X-4 full-wave vacuum rectifier
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin glass base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Miniature tube. Stamped: "6X4 / 57-22 / 188-20”. Donor’s card reads: “Full-wave vacuum rectifier made by General Electric Company for use in the power supply of automobile and AC operated radio receivers. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .6 ampere. Will provide 70 milliamps at 370 volts.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6x4.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.324892
label: catalog number
content: 324892
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 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 6.35 cm x 1.5875 cm