type 6K6G power pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1938
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, domed envelope. On envelope: "6K6 / G". Donor’s card reads: “Power pentode from the late 1930s. Glass octal type used in the output stage of radio receivers and triode connected as a vertical deflection amplifier in television receivers. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .4 ampere. With 250 volts on the plate, 18 volts negative control grid bias, the tube will deliver about 3.4 watts of audio power.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_6k6g.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.325012
label: catalog number
content: 325012
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm