Electrons Inc. type C-6-A thyratron
name: label: maker
content: Electrons Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A skirted mogul-screw base with glass insulators, 2 contacts on top with ceramic insulator, T-shaped envelope. Paper label: “Light filament / Before applying DC”; printed on tube: “Electrons / C6A”. Donor’s card reads: “Thyratron made by Electron, Inc., 127 Sussex Ave., Newark, NJ. A hapf wave grid controlled rectifier for industrial use. Filament type: 2.5 volts at 18 amperes. Maximum inverse peak voltage 600, voltage drop in the tube 8.5, maximum output 6.5 amperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_c6a.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.325083
label: catalog number
content: 325083
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: 11 1/2 in x 2 in; 29.21 cm x 5.08 cm