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5Y3GT
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Country: Worldwide Common type Worldwide tube/semicond.  
Common type Worldwide tube/semicond.
Brand: RCA Victor Radio S.A., São Paulo
Sylvania (Hygrade, GTE, Nilco); Emporium (PA)
Tube type: Full-Wave Vacuum Rectifier   Power-supply 
Identical to 5Y3GT = CV1856 = VT-197A = 5Y3GT/G
Other shape (e.g. bulb type):
  5Y3G
Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  5Z2P
Other class quality (otherwise equal):
Similar Tubes
  5Y3WGT ; 5Y3WGTA
Different connections:
  5Y4GT
Other base:
  5AZ4
Predecessor Tubes 80   5Y3G  
Successor Tubes 5AZ4   5Y3GT/G  

Base Octal (Int.Octal, IO) K8A, USA 1935 (Codex=Vy)

Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Vf 5 Volts / If 2 Ampere / Direct
Description
Glass octal type used in power supply of radio equipment having moderate dc 5Y3GT
requirements. Filament 5 volts, 2 amperes. Same characteristica as the 5AZ4.  
The indirectly heated 6AX5GT has similar data except the heater.
Variants
 
Tube prices 13 Tube prices (visible for members only)
Information Essential Characteristics, GE 1973   
source Taschenbuch zum Röhren-Codex 1948/49   

5Y3GT: Courtesy Bureau Belper (De Muiderkring, Bussum), Scan Frank Philipse
Karel De Reus †     More ...

Russian semi-indirectly heated

5Ц4С (=5Z4GT), stamped as
5Y3GT. The dc voltage rises
thereby 20 volts up !

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5Y3GT: Audio-u.Hifi-Röhren R.zur

Linde Just Qvigstad
Günther Stabe † 19.8.20
More ... 5Y3GT: RCA Tube Manual
Peter Hoddow
More ...
Usage in 1= 1937?? ; 2= 1939 ; 7= 1940?? ; 3= 1940? ; 2= 1940 ; 4= 1941?? ; 2= 1941? ;
Models 10= 1941 ; 7= 1942?? ; 5= 1942? ; 3= 1942 ; 1= 1943? ; 2= 1943 ; 1= 1944?? ;
6= 1944? ; 1= 1944 ; 6= 1945?? ; 6= 1945? ; 13= 1945 ; 19= 1946?? ; 47= 1946? ;
206= 1946 ; 30= 1947?? ; 31= 1947? ; 257= 1947 ; 18= 1948?? ; 73= 1948? ;
264= 1948 ; 16= 1949?? ; 94= 1949? ; 212= 1949 ; 126= 1950?? ; 141= 1950? ;
125= 1950 ; 40= 1951?? ; 79= 1951? ; 140= 1951 ; 40= 1952?? ; 35= 1952? ;
92= 1952 ; 20= 1953?? ; 39= 1953? ; 60= 1953 ; 17= 1954?? ; 53= 1954? ;
58= 1954 ; 32= 1955?? ; 75= 1955? ; 43= 1955 ; 17= 1956?? ; 121= 1956? ;
31= 1956 ; 6= 1957?? ; 87= 1957? ; 27= 1957 ; 12= 1958?? ; 97= 1958? ;
117= 1958 ; 3= 1959?? ; 200= 1959? ; 139= 1959 ; 12= 1960?? ; 44= 1960? ;
13= 1960 ; 2= 1961?? ; 29= 1961? ; 3= 1961 ; 1= 1962?? ; 49= 1962? ; 2= 1962 ;
14= 1963? ; 3= 1963 ; 1= 1964?? ; 6= 1964? ; 1= 1964 ; 1= 1965?? ; 1= 1965? ;
3= 1965 ; 3= 1968?? ; 1= 1968? ; 1= 1970?? ; 1= 1971 ; 1= 1972 ; 7= 9999

Quantity of Models at Radiomuseum.org with this tube (valve, valves, valvola, valvole,
válvula, lampe): 3620

Collection of
Peter Roggenhofer † 25.4.18 (A) Wolfgang Bauer (A)
Egon Penker (A) Robert Gillespie (USA)
David Erali (USA) Collection of a member from CDN
George Papaiz (CDN) Bruce Morgenstern (CDN)
Baptiste Hobbe (CDN) Keith Ellison (AUS)
Michael Gnaedig-Fischer (MEX) Manfred Fries (CH)
Christian Schaufelberger (CH) Markus Meier (CH)
Aldo Patriarca (CH) Bruno Candreia (CH)
Collection of a member from CH Peter Steffen (CH)
Patrice Zeissloff (F) Bekir Yurdakul (F)
Bartosz Szwed (GB) Howard Craven (GB)
Justo Puertas-Paule (E) Manuel Martinez (E)
Massimo Pedrina (I) Antonio Marra (I)
Emilio Focosi (I) Alberto Ammendola (I)
Piero Iatteri (I) Antonio Bordini (I)
Marcello Astolfi (I) Mauro Minghetti (I)
Georges Werts (B) Antonio Rabitti (BR)
Collection of a member from FIN Collection of a member from FIN
Danko Tkalec (HR) Aires Gomes (P)
Tomasz Szczesniak (PL) Valery Gromov (RUS)
Stig Comstedt (S) Lars Nord (S)
Klaus Rüdiger (D) Peter Pfeiffer (D)
Martin Steyer (D) Karlheinz Fischer (D)
Alois Wolf (D) Ottmar Rollmann (D)
Andreas Schulz (D) Jacob Roschy (D)
Jörg Kulbe (D) Reinhard Riek (D)
Collection of a member from D Karl - Heinz Bossan (D)
Egon Strampe (D)

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