• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY

• Year
• 1946

• Category
• Service- or Lab Equipment

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 214294

• • Brand: Musaphonic

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• Number of Tubes
• 1

• Valves / Tubes
• 6J5 or 6P5

• Wave bands
• - without

• Power type and voltage
• Line (AC, UC or DC not known)

• Loudspeaker
• - - No sound reproduction output.

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Tube Checker TC-3 - General Electric Co. GE;

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.75 x 18 x 8.625 inch / 400 x 457 x 219 mm

• Notes

• General Electric model TC-3 tube tester.
  External tube chart. Tests for leakage, shorts, opens and battery voltages. Illuminated meter reads "Bad - Weak - Fair - Good", % rated G_III.
  
  Sockets for 4, 5, 6, 7 pin, 8 pin octal & loctal, 7 pin miniature, 5 pin bantam, pilot lamps. Two blanks for modernization.
  
  0 - 10, 0 - 100 and 0 - 1000 V jacks for battery and power supply checks. Also available as portable version (TC-3P).

  Similar to RTL Tube and Battery Tester 120.

• Mentioned in
• Radio Retailing (Radio & Television R.) (November 1946 page 124.)

• Author
• Model page created by Heinz Höger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2916 models, 2139 with images and 2042 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY