General Electric type 50-Y-7-GT vacuum rectifier-doubler
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An 8-pin plastic base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Base stamped: “[GE logo] Electronic / Tube / Made in U.S.A.”, on envelope: “50Y7 / GT”. Donor’s card reads: “Vacuum rectifier-doubler made by the General Electric Company. Glass octal type used as a half wave rectifier or voltage doubler in AC/DC radio receivers. Heater is provided with a tap for the operation of a panel lamp. Heater: 50 volts at .15 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_50y7gt.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.325146
label: catalog number
content: 325146
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.175 cm