Amperex type ZB-3200 power triode
name: label: maker
content: Amperex
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A large BT-shaped tube with two cables emerging from the bottom, a screw frame assembly at top, and a side contact near the bottom. Donor’s card reads: “Power triode made by Amperex Electronic Corporation, 230 Duffy Ave., Hicksville, Long Island. Used principally in early AM broadcasting. Filament: 22 volts at 40.5 amperes. Maximum plate dissipation 2500 watts. 8000 volts on the plate at 960 milliamperes, 400 volt negative control grid bias, for an output of 5.8 kilowatts up to 10 megacycles.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_zb3200.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.324816
label: catalog number
content: 324816
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 in; 54.61 cm x 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm