American 5 Tube Set
When you buy this set of tubes, you get 1 each of 50C5, 12BE6, 12AV6, 12BA6 and 35W4. All tubes are NOS - New and in Original Box. Brands may vary from picture.
Millions of radios were known as the "All American Five" because the design represented the majority of radios manufactured for home use in the USA and Canada in the tube era. They were manufactured in the millions by hundreds of manufacturers from the 1930s onward, with the last examples being made in Japan. The heaters of the tubes were connected in series, all consequently drawing the same current, but with different voltages across them. The standard line up of tubes were designed so that the total rated voltage of the five tubes was 121 volts, slightly more than the electricity supply voltage of 110-117V.
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