Antique radios, Old Time Radios

5Z3

ID = 3242

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Brand:

Common type USA tube/semicond.

Common type USA tube/semicond. Genalex, BGE (brand), British General Electric Co. Pty Ltd.; Sydney, NSW. Osram (tubes/valves) - see British General Electrics; Sydney Canadian Marconi Co. Ltd. (CMC, Esterline), Marconi's Wireless; Montreal, QC Brimar (STC); Foots Cray Arcturus Radio Tube Co.; Newark, NJ Norelco, North American Philips Co. Inc.; Dobbs Ferry and New York, NY Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co.; USA Raytheon Mfg. Co.; Cambridge, MA Triad Television & Mfg. Co.; Pawtucket, RI Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL

Tube type:

Full-Wave Vacuum Rectifier Power-supply

Identical to

5Z3 = KX5Z3 = 5Z3G = VT-145 = NU-5Z3

Similar Tubes

Other shape (e.g. bulb type):

5Z3T

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

CV1861

Different maximum ratings:

1275

Other characteristic (electr. data):

Heater different:

5Z3GB

Other base:

5U4G

Other base and other heater:

5T4

First Source (s)

1933 : The AWA Journal Vol. #7

Successor Tubes

5U4G 5U4GB 5X4G 5T4

Base

UX-Base (4 Pins (2 thick, USA 1924, UX) (Codex=Bo)

Was used by

Radio/TV-reception etc.

Filament

Vf 5 Volts / If 3 Ampere / Direct / Specified voltage AC/DC

Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip

x 130 x 52 mm / x 5.12 x 2.05 inch

Tube prices

2 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

Essential Characteristics, GE 1973
Tube Lore (II) p. 46 & 183
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49
Röhrencodex , Röhren-Taschenbuch 1950 23000 Röhren

5Z3: corrected version Jacob Roschy More ...
5Z3 Emilio Ciardiello More ...	Just Qvigstad	5Z3: Sylvania Technical Manual Peter Hoddow More ...

Usage in Models

1= 1932? ; 4= 1933?? ; 11= 1933? ; 91= 1933 ; 4= 1934?? ; 11= 1934? ; 109= 1934 ; 11= 1935?? ; 27= 1935? ; 192= 1935 ; 14= 1936?? ; 25= 1936? ; 160= 1936 ; 23= 1937?? ; 12= 1937? ; 142= 1937 ; 16= 1938?? ; 6= 1938? ; 125= 1938 ; 18= 1939?? ; 3= 1939? ; 48= 1939 ; 19= 1940?? ; 5= 1940? ; 36= 1940 ; 13= 1941?? ; 9= 1941? ; 24= 1941 ; 4= 1942?? ; 4= 1942? ; 2= 1942 ; 1= 1943?? ; 1= 1943? ; 4= 1943 ; 2= 1944?? ; 9= 1944 ; 5= 1945?? ; 1= 1945? ; 1= 1945 ; 3= 1946?? ; 1= 1946? ; 10= 1946 ; 1= 1947?? ; 5= 1947 ; 5= 1948?? ; 1= 1948? ; 4= 1948 ; 8= 1949?? ; 3= 1949? ; 3= 1949 ; 10= 1950?? ; 2= 1950? ; 3= 1950 ; 1= 1951?? ; 4= 1951? ; 7= 1951 ; 1= 1952? ; 1= 1952 ; 6= 1953 ; 1= 1955?? ; 1= 1960?? ; 1= 1965? ; 1= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):1276

Museum "Kapiti Coast Museum"

Collection of

Thomas Loidl (A)

Museum Roggenhofer (A)

Robert Gillespie (USA)

Collection of a member from USA

David Erali (USA)

Bruce Morgenstern (CDN)

Aldo Patriarca (CH)

Christian Schaufelberger (CH)

Bruno Candreia (CH)

Martin Bösch (CH)

Jesús Casado Arriazu (E)

Justo Puertas-Paule (E)

Marcello Astolfi (I)

Emilio Ciardiello (I)

Etienne Flemal (B)

Georges Werts (B)

Collection of a member from FIN

Tomasz Szczesniak (PL)

Collection of a member from D

Karlheinz Fischer (D)

Joachim Röhling (D)

Collection of a member from D

Nigel Hulse (ZA)

5Z3

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