RCA type 5Y3GTG full-wave vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin plastic base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Stamped on envelope: “5Y3 / GT/G”. Donor’s card reads: “Full-wave vacuum rectifier made by the Radio Corporation of America. Glass octal type used in the power supply of radio equipment having only a moderate DC requirement. Filament 5 volts at 2 amperes. At 125 milliamps this tube can operate up to 350 volts." See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_5y3gtg.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.325060
label: catalog number
content: 325060
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 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm