Can you identify this part?

tracecom

Joined Apr 16, 2010
3,944
http://www.ominous-valve.com/images/ray5886.jpg

"Submini JAN CK-5886, from a radiological survey meter (nuclear fallout detector) once bought by Civil Defense and nuke plants. The tubes that tested under one FEMTOampere for leakage were connected as triodes in ultra-high impedance ion chamber amps. That's an enormous US 10-cent coin next to this little guy."

Just a Google guess on my part.


 

beenthere

Joined Apr 20, 2004
15,819
A 5886 is an electrometer tube. They were common in vacuum gauges as well. Anything that needed 10^15th input resistance used them.
 
Top