General Electric type SSL-5A infrared LED
date: label: date made
content: ca 1969
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Electric type SSL-5A infrared light emitting diode in original package. Metal casing with glass lens and two leads, polarity tab on collar. The SSL-5A was listed for $7.15 on an August 1969 price list. GE Lamp Manual 3-8270R provides the following characteristics for this lamp: Peak emission: 9400 angstroms; 1.35 volts (1.1-1.7); 100 milliamps; output 1.5 milliwatts; maximum frequency 1 megahertz; [lamp casing]: TO-46; technical bulletin # 3-8268R2. Stamped on casing: “GE SSL-5A 1128”; package printed: “General Electric [logo] / Solid State Lamp / SSL-5A / Infrared / “General [logo] Electric / Miniature Lamp Dept. / Nela Park, Cleve., O. 44112 / MPBG21 Made in U.S.A.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0244.01
label: accession number
content: 2015.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0244.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: light emitting diode
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 1/4 in; 3.4925 cm x .635 cm