FW Hg rectifier
Dateafter 1937
Inventory NumberVT0476
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Maker
Western Electric Company
1869 - 1995
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions14.3 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm (5 5/8 × 2 × 2 in.)
Material
DescriptionTWO CYL ANODES, Similar to RCA 83
FunctionFull-wave mercury-vapor rectifier. Used in 71B and 90A Amplifiers, 12A Rectifier, 280 Panel, 443A1 RTE, and 50-k W FM transmitters. Manufacture discontinued 1978
Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
Date: 1930
Object number: VT0203
