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Default Another old-timer tube/valve question
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I like the description on the data sheet:
https://shop.ehx.com/catalog/addimages/5y3gt-sovtek.pdf
MINIATURE DOUBLE ANODE KENOTRON IN GLASS DESIGN
WITH OXIDE-COATED INDIRECTLY HEATED CATHODE INTENDED
FOR RECTIFICATION OF COMMERCIAL-FREQUENCY ALTERNATING
CURRENT.
That explains why one gets frequent commercials on TV sets that use
Sovtek 5Y3GT kenotrons.

Fortunately the datasheet really specifies 2A not 2mA. I was already
imagining a fake tube with 2x 1N4007 inside, and a 2mA LED to 'light up'
the cathode...

Arie



It looke like someone just screwed up on the ad and not the data sheet.
The 2 amps and not milliamps is more like it. Maybe a translator form
Russian to English missed typed the information.

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