EIMAC type 3-W-5000-F-3 medium-Mu triode
date: label: date made
content: 1961
name: label: maker
content: Eimac
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A glass cylinder with a metal jacket and two plumbing tubes on top, A metal assembly with three insulated cables on the bottom, and an adjustable metal band with insulated cable near the bottom. Three 8" leads. Stamped: “Eimac / 3W5000F3 / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Medium-Mu triode made by Eitel-McCullough of San Carols, California. [Donated] by Eimac in July 1961. A water cooled triode intended for amplifier, oscillator, or modulator service. Maximum plate dissipation 5000 watts. The electrical equivalent of the air cooled type 3-X-2500-F-3 [catalog number 324951]. Thoriated tungsten filament 7.5 volts at 51 amperes. As to Class C operation below 30 megacycles, plate circuit 500 volts at 1.45 amperes, 550 volts negative control grid bias, 76 watts of drive, this tube will deliver 5580 watts of radio frequency power.”
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.325229
label: catalog number
content: 325229
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: 14 in x 3 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 8.255 cm