Western Electric type 3B24 half-wave vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top contact, T-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: "Western Electric / 3B24 / Made in U.S.A." Donor’s card reads: “Half wave rectifier made by the Western Electric Company for use in their communications equipment during World War II and before. A high vacuum diode with a 5 volt, 3 amperesthoriated tungsten filament. Maximum inverse peak voltage, 20000, maximum current 60 milliamperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_3b24.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.324444
label: catalog number
content: 324444
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 3.81 cm