General Electric type GL502 thyratron
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 8-pin plastic base with metal T-shaped envelope. Stamped: “General Electric / GL-502 / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Thyratron made by General Electric Company. A four electrode inert gas filled thyratron with negative control characteristics. Heater: 6.3 volts at .6 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_gl502a.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.324771
label: catalog number
content: 324771
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm