Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier
RCA directly heated half-wave vacuum rectifier for transmitting power supplies. Its heavy filament and multi-kilovolt inverse-voltage capability suit professional high-voltage DC systems.
The RCA 217C is a half-wave vacuum rectifier for transmitting power supplies. The supplied source provides transmitting, RF, or rectifier ratings appropriate to this device.
Jumbo 4-contact
General specifications
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
1 physical section, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Maximum ratings and characteristic constants promoted where reliably published in the approved sheet.
Source-dependent data
Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.
Data set 01
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
Peak Inverse Voltage _ 5500 max
7500 V
Peak Inverse Voltage _ 5500 max. 7500 max. Volts
Peak Plate Current_ 0.6 max
600 mA
Peak Plate Current_ 0.6 max. 0.6 max. Ampere
Average Plate Current .. 0.2 max
150 mA
Average Plate Current .. 0.2 max. 0.15 max. Ampere
Data set 02
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
Filament voltage
10 V
Filament current
3.25 A
Maximum peak inverse voltage
7500 V
Data set 03
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
Peak plate current maximum
600 mA
Data set 04
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
Maximum Plate/Inverse Voltage
7500 V
Source rating