Sylvania type 50Y6GTG half-wave vacuum rectifier doubler
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 7-pin plastic base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “Sylvania / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Half-wave vacuum rectifier doubler made by the Sylvania Corporation. Glass octal type. Used as a half-wave rectifier, or voltage doubler, in AC/DC radio receivers. Heater type: 50 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_50y6gt.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.325102
label: catalog number
content: 325102
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: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm