Antique radios, Old Time Radios

866

ID = 6869

Country:

United States of America (USA)

Brand:	Common type USA tube/semicond. Common type USA tube/semicond. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd. Amperex; New York Collins Radio Company; Cedar Rapids (IA) Electronic Enterprises Inc.; Newark, NJ General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY Hytron; Salem (MA) Leeds Radio Co.; New York City (NY) Odeon Manufacturing Co.; Newark, NJ Raytheon Mfg. Co.; Cambridge, MA RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY) Taylor Tubes Inc.; Chicago (IL) Thermionic Laboratories; Harrison, NJ Triad Television & Mfg. Co.; Pawtucket, RI Tung-Sol Electric Inc.; Newark (NJ)
Developer:	General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgeport CT, Syracuse NY
Tube type:	Half-Wave Mercury-Vapor Rectifier Power-supply

Identical to

866 = UX866 = RK866 = 566 = X866 = E766 = PJ-28 = WL-421 = CAY3069 = SE3069 = HX-966 = HY866 = T-866 = ESU866 = VT-46

Similar Tubes

Normally replaceable-slightly different:

38166 ; DCG3/1000E ; G-866C ; GMD202 ; RaySX-866 ; SE-3069

Other class quality (otherwise equal):

866AX ; CV32

Other characteristic (electr. data):

PR866

Other base:

ESU866/ES

Multiple differences or of other kind:

866B

Successor Tubes

866B 866A

Base

UX-Base (4 Pins (2 thick, USA 1924, UX) (Codex=Br) Top contact with a cap.

Was used by

Industrial

Filament

Vf 2.5 Volts / If 5 Ampere / Direct / Specified voltage AND current AC/DC

Description

Tube designation given by GE in October 1928. Tubes were still listed with the S19 bulb, in some literature, until 1938 but the bulb was generally replaced by the ST19 size in the mid 1930's

Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip

x 159 x 64 mm / x 6.26 x 2.52 inch

Weight

75 g / 2.65 oz

Tube prices

1 Tube prices (visible for members only)

Information source

Universal Vade-Mecum, Electron Valves and Semiconductor Devices Section 60, P. 80 & 81
Tube Lore (II) p. 79
Babani, International Radio Tube Encyclopaedia
Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49

866: Internet Miguel Angel Trujillo-Rodriguez
866: ARRL Handbook 1972 Anonymous 10 Collector More ...	Just Qvigstad	866: Manufacturer's Literature Emilio Ciardiello More ...

Usage in Models

1= 1932? ; 1= 1934? ; 3= 1934 ; 1= 1935 ; 1= 1936 ; 1= 1937? ; 2= 1937 ; 1= 1939? ; 3= 1939 ; 1= 1945?? ; 1= 1948 ; 1= 1949 ; 1= 1950 ; 1= 1951 ; 1= 1957?? ; 1= 1958 ; 1= 1960

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole, válvula, lampe):22

Collection of

Collection of a member from USA

Fin Stewart (AUS)

Michael Gnaedig-Fischer (MEX)

Georges Werts (B)

Eduardo Omar Fernandez (RA)

Rudolf Osterkamp (D)

866

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866

Common type USA tube/semicond.

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