RCA 8016 HV HW rectifier
Inventory NumberVT0077
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Subject
Maker
Radio Corporation of America
1919-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions10 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (3 15/16 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis is a high voltage, half wave rectifier tube with a direct heater (filament) cathode construction. Made of glass, metal, and phenolic. The bulb is a T-9 shape. The base is a 6 pin octal with a keyed center. The plate cap is metal.
Signedprinted on base: RCA [logo in circle]
printed on base: MADE IN / U.S.A.
Inscribedprinted on base: JAN / CRC-8016
printed on base: H4E
printed on glass: 8016
FunctionTypical use would be the rectifier of the high voltage supply for a cathode ray tube such as a TV picture tube or oscilloscope.
Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
Date: 1947-2002
Object number: 2003-1-0291
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0505
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0501
Radio Corporation of America
Date: circa 1921
Object number: RS0722
Western Electric Company
Date: 1900-1930
Object number: RS0196
Raytheon Manufacturing Company
Date: circa 1935
Object number: VT0100
Hickok Electrical Instrument Company
Date: 1955-1965
Object number: 1998-1-0879