Summary
High vacuum full-wave rectifier. This was the octal based version of the type 80 rectifier. After WW 2 (1939-1945), it was replaced by the 5Y3GT; the same valve in a smaller tubular bulb.
The 80-5Y3G-5Y3GT line of rectifiers was in continuous use from the late 1920s until the 1960s in radio receivers, amplifiers and mains powered electronic equipment of all sorts.
5 volt indirectly heated cathode.
Manufacturer: Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co., Sydney, Australia.
Physical Description
Shouldered glass bulb on octal base with 5 pins present.
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Acquisition Information
Unknown Acquisition Method from Unknown Source, 13 Sep 1978
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Manufacturer
Amalgamated Wireless Valve Co Pty Ltd (AWV), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1937-1945
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Inscriptions
Bulb: 5Y3/G Paper label on bulb: (indistinct) Base: Radiotron/MADE IN AUSTRALIA/(excise mark 1 over 4)
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Overall Dimensions
116 mm (Height), 45 mm (Outside Diameter)
Dimensions of valve, excluding display block.
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