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E1228

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ID = 72020
       
Country:
Great Britain (UK)
Brand: Marconi-Osram - (Valves/Tubes); GB
Developer: Marconi-Osram - (Valves/Tubes); GB 
Tube type:  Thyratron   Text 
Identical to E1228
Similar Tubes
Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  CV3
Successor Tubes CV3  

Base Wires only.
Was used by Military and/or Government
Filament Vf 1.35 Volts / If 0.15 Ampere / Direct
Description

Experimental tube developed at the Hirst Research Centre of GEC for use as a proximity fuse in explosive shells.

These miniature tubes were ruggedised sufficiently to survive the forces of being fired in an artillery shell.

Va 45V

 
Information source Babani, International Radio Tube Encyclopaedia   
The Saga of Marconi Osram Valve   p. 252 & 340
Universal Vade-Mecum, Electron Valves and Semiconductor Devices

 

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