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6W5G

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ID = 5108
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: Common type USA tube/semicond.
Developer: Ken-Rad, The Kentucky Radio Corporation; Owensboro, KY 
Tube type:  Full-Wave Vacuum Rectifier   Power-supply 
Identical to 6W5G = VT-196 = 6W5
First Source (s)
04.Jan.1937 : Electron Tube Registration List
Successor Tubes 7Z4  

Base Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 (Codex=Ud)
Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Vf 6.3 Volts / If 0.9 Ampere / Indirect / Specified voltage AC/DC
Description

Full-wave rectifier for automobile receivers.
350V rms max per plate, 100mA max load current.
Interchangeable with 6X5/6X5G, if ratings are regarded.

 
Tube prices 1 Tube prices (visible for members only)
Information source Essential Characteristics, GE 1973   
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49   

6w5g_so.png 6W5G: ARRL Handbook 1972
Anonymous 10 Collector


Just Qvigstad
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6W5G: Raytheon Databook 1937
Emilio Ciardiello

Usage in Models 1= 1937 ; 9= 1938 ; 6= 1940 ; 9= 1941 ; 3= 1942?

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):28

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6W5G
 

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