Specialized tube type
Specialized - Ignitron vacuum tubes
Specialized - Ignitron records in Tube Tinker cover 115 tube designations, including 231 preserved original datasheets. Compare bases, sockets, heater requirements, construction, exact variations, and directional replacement options.
- Tube records
- 115
- Original datasheets
- 231
- Variation families
- 3
- Tubes with alternatives
- 1
About Specialized - Ignitron tubes
Ignitron switching tube, mercury filled, for welding, etc.
Electrical range
- Nominal heater voltage
- 0–16 V
- Nominal heater current
- 0–21 A
Common specialized - ignitron characteristics
These are the most frequently recorded attributes among tubes in this category.
Bases
- Unpackaged coaxial magnetron2
- 9QA1
- SUPER JUMBO1
Sockets
- B9A7
- IO3
- B4B1
Constructions
- IgnitronPowerSwitch104
- Triode6
- Magnetron2
- Thyratron2
- Pentode-Triode1
Specialized - Ignitron tube list
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PL5545 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Xenon-filled power thyratron for motor control and ignitron-firing service. Its massive filament supports heavy controlled gas-discharge current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
PL5551 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for single- and three-phase resistance-welding control and high-current industrial switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL5551A IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for single- and three-phase welding control with provision for thermostatic protection.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL5552 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for single-phase welding control and high-current industrial switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL5552A IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for single-phase welding control with provision for thermostatic protection.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL5553B IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for welding-control and related high-current industrial switching service.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL5555 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled industrial ignitron for power rectification, welding control, and other high-current control applications.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
PL5559 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Mercury-vapor thyratron for relay, DC motor-speed control, regulated rectifiers, and ignitron firing. Its heavy heater supports substantial switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 5 V
- Sections
- 1
PL5632 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Xenon-filled negative-control thyratron for relay, motor-control, and ignitron-firing service. Grid triggering switches substantial current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
PL5684 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Xenon-filled thyratron for relay, motor-control, and ignitron-firing service. Controlled gas discharge provides substantial industrial switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
PL5822 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for frequency-changer resistance-welding service and related high-current control.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL5822A IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-cooled ignitron for frequency-changer resistance-welding service with thermostatic-control provisions. Controlled mercury-discharge conduction handles extremely high industrial switching currents.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
PL6755 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Mercury-vapor and inert-gas power thyratron for lighting dimming, motor control, controlled rectifiers, ignitron firing, and AC control.
- Base
- SUPER JUMBO
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
S1330DV IgnitronPowerSwitch
Heavy-current thyratron for industrial controlled-power service. Its massive directly heated cathode supports substantial gas-discharge current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
S1540DM IgnitronPowerSwitch
High-current thyratron for industrial controlled-power service. Its heavy directly heated cathode supports substantial gas-discharge switching.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
S1540DV IgnitronPowerSwitch
High-current thyratron for industrial power control. Its heavy directly heated cathode supports substantial controlled discharge.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
STE6011 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Xenon-filled switching triode for switching stages, motor control, and ignitron triggering. Its heavy filament supports substantial controlled current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- 2.5 V
- Sections
- 1
ZG7207 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Water-jacketed ignitron for capacitor-discharge switching and DC crowbar protection. Its controlled mercury-discharge path handles extremely high peak current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1
ZG7248 IgnitronPowerSwitch
Ignitron designed primarily for DC crowbar short-circuit protection, using a holding anode and controlled mercury discharge to handle extreme pulse voltage and current.
- Base
- Not recorded
- Socket
- Not recorded
- Heater
- Not recorded
- Sections
- 1