Western Electric type 101F vacuum tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1928
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Donor card reads: "Triode made by Western Electric Company about 1924 for voice and carrier frequency amplification in telephone repeater equipment. Filament 4 volts at .5 amperes. With plate voltages up to 200, a maximum dissipation of 2 watts is possible. The "F" model of the 101 series dates from 1927 and was known by telephone people as the "half ampere L tube."
label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with tipped, G-shaped envelope. Markings: "Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 101-F". A low-power output filamentary triode used for telephone repeaters. 0.5 ampere filament current. Introduced in 1927. Reference: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 283-286. Also, Western Electric 101F data sheet: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/101F.pdf.
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.324309
label: catalog number
content: 324309
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: 4 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 5.715 cm