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ID = 6824
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: Common type USA tube/semicond.
Tube type:  Full-Wave Mercury-Vapor Rectifier   Power-supply 
Identical to 88
Similar Tubes
Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  38088 ; 588

Base UX-Base (4 Pins (2 thick, USA 1924, UX) (Codex=Bo)
Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Vf 5 Volts / If 3 Ampere / Direct
Description

Sibley gives this tube as similar to 83-V, high-vacuum rectifier, uprated to 125mA at 450V.
The same source gives a Perryman 588, mercury replacement for type 80, also referred to as 88.

 
Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip
x 108 x 45 mm / x 4.25 x 1.77 inch
Weight 47 g / 1.66 oz
Information source Tube Lore (II)   p. 29
Tube Lore (I)   

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