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W4_Westector

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ID = 48584
       
Country:
Great Britain (UK)
Brand: Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company; Chippenham
Tube type:  Solid-State-Diode   Detector 
Identical to W4_Westector
First Source (s)
17.Mar.1933 : Wireless World (The), London (WW, 79)

Base Other combinations of connections.
Description

The first metal detector or "Westector" developed by Westinghouse.

Contemporary advertising data gives a rating as 24V peak and 0.25mA "output current" (WW March 17, 1933)

The detector uses discs of Copper treated on one side to form a copper oxide film. These discs were stacked to obtain the required voltage rating.

 
Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip
48 x x mm / 1.89 x x inch

westector_1933_w4_w6.png
W4_Westector: Wireless World March 3rd 1933
Georg Richter

Usage in Models 1= 1933 ; 3= 1935 ; 2= 1936

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):6
 
westinghouse_w4.jpg

 

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