FULL - WAVE RECTIFIER
Brown Base
Made In the U.S.A.
The General Electric brown base 5Y3WGTB Vacuum Tube is a glass octal
type used in the power supplies of radio equipment
having moderate DC requirements. They require an octal
socket. Vertical tube mounting is preferred, but
horizontal operation is permissible if pins 2 and 8 are
in horizontal plane.
The General Electric 5Y3WGTB / 6087 tube is an indirectly heated rectifier and is
a little easier on output tubes. it is also easier on your
power transformer and filter capacitors at turn on time.
Electrical Data:
Heater Voltage ................................ 5.0 V
Heater Current ................................ 2.0 A
Preferred Substitutes .......... 5Y3G, 5Y3GA, 5Y3GT, 5Y3GT/G, 5Y3GTA,
5Y3GTB, 5Y3WGTB, 5AR4,
5AX4GT, 5CG4, 5R4G, 5R4GTY, 5R4GY, 5R4GYA, 5R4GYB, 5T4,
5V4, 5V4GA, 5V4GY, 5Z4, 5Z4G, 5Z4GT, 5Z4GT/G, 5Z4MG, 6087.
Substitutes ............................. 5U4