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Title: Gammatron Type 653 mercury vapor rectifier
Creator: Heintz & Kaufman, Ltd
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: Serial No. 284. Described in Radio's Master Encyclopedia of 1935-1936 as a "half-wave mercury rectifier for use in circuits of moderate power and high voltage. This tube is of the hot cathode type. Filament 5 volts, 6.5 amperes. Maximum inverse peak voltage 10,000 volts. Average current 1.75 amperes. Peak current 7.5 amperes."
Type: image
Identifier: 5B55E177-512C-4BC3-AB68-866969814021
2003-1-761
Subject: Heintz and Kaufman
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