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UV217B

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ID = 28850
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: General Electric for Brand RCA-Radiotron; Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY
Developer: General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY 
Tube type:  Half-Wave Vacuum Rectifier   Power-supply 
Identical to UV217B
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Other characteristic (electr. data):
  UV217 ; UV217A ; UV217C
First year Dec.1926 Saga of the Vacuum Tube, Tyne page 323
Predecessor Tubes UV217  

Base Jumbo 4-pin bayonet (1918)
Was used by Transmittertube (Radio)
Filament Vf 10 Volts / If 3.25 Ampere / Direct / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC
Description

Work on development of this tube at the GE laboratories started in October 1924 and the type number was assigned to it in December the same year. It is not known when the tube was released to the public. Being a rectifier, GE gave this tube the Brandname: Kenotron

 
Information source - - Manufacturers Literature   Development of Radiotron transmitting tubes to 193
Saga of the Vacuum Tube, Tyne   p. 323
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