Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH MU TRIODE SHARP CUTOFF PENT.
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0388.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zenith Radio Corp.
- MODEL
- 6LF8
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS BULB/ METAL PINS/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ CARDSTOCK BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 2.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Zenith
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1960S AND 1970S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED AS A VIDEO AMPLIFIER AS WELL AS A GENERAL AMPLIFIER IN COLOUR TELEVISIONS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON TUBE: '6LF6/ U.S.A./ Zenith [LOGO]/ MADE IN U.S.A./ AFK/ 30/ 14/ 86/ OXIDE COATING/ REPLACE ONLY/ WITH GENUINE/ ZENITH TUBE'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'ZENITH [LOGO]/ RADIONIC/ TUBE/ ZENITH RADIO/ CORPORATION/ CHICAGO, ILL. 60639/ MADE IN U.S.A./ 6LF8/ZENITH [LOGO]/ RADIONIC TUBE/ TESTED AT FACTORY/ FOR YOUR PROTECTION'/ HANDWRITTEN: 'Weak'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH ORANGE PRINTING/ YELLOW BOX WITH BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zenith Radio Corp., Vacuum tube, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1996.0388, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0388.001/
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