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ID = 17032
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand:
Developer: RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY) 
Tube type:  Transmitter Triode, liquid-cooling   Power/Output 
Identical to 862
Similar Tubes
Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  38162 ; 9T62B ; FT1B ; UV862 ; WL-689
Heater different:
  898
Differences not known by us:
  862A

Base TRANSMITTING & Power-TUBES/VALVES in gen
Was used by Transmittertube (Radio)
Filament Vf 33 Volts / If 207 Ampere / Direct
Description

Sibley talks of this tube as 'three feet of copper pipe with a tube inside'. Thoriated tungsten filament, with flying leads from the base. Mu 45, 1.6MHz full ratings, 100KW anode dissipation with external water cooler.
Federal, GE, RCA and Westinghouse known sources.
This code was first assigned in July 1928. In 1941 GE claimed to have sold '60 million watts', or 600 tubes.

 
Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip
x 1544 x 104 mm / x 60.79 x 4.09 inch
Information source Tube Lore (II)   p. 182 & 183
Tube Lore (I)   
Babani, International Radio Tube Encyclopaedia
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49

 

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