Data set 01
1946 Standard Telephone and Cables
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
Supply frequency
50 Hz
ChokeInputFilter
Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier
2V500C
Indirectly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier for high-voltage, high-current power conversion, combining approximately 20 kV inverse-voltage capability with ampere-class average current.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- GOLIATH
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- 4 V / 11 A
Description
Half-wave mercury-vapour rectifier; indirectly heated.
Socket description
Goliath industrial rectifier base
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- GOLIATH
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater voltage
- 4 V
- Nominal heater current
- 11 A
- Parallel heater voltage
- -
- Parallel heater current
- -
- Series capable
- No
Terminal pinout
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
Section ratings
1 physical section, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Rectifier
X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
- Rectifier peak inverse voltage
- 20000 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 1.25 A
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 5 A
Mercury-vapour or high-voltage rectifier ratings promoted from the published maximum-ratings table.
Source-dependent data
Operating conditions by source
Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.
Data set 02
1947 Standard Valves
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
Maximum DC Output Voltage
6400 V
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit2 2Valves
Maximum DC Output Current
2.5 A
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit2 2Valves
Maximum DC Output Voltage
13000 V
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit3 4Valves
Maximum DC Output Current
2.5 A
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit3 4Valves
Maximum DC Output Voltage
9500 V
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit4 3Valves
Maximum DC Output Current
3.75 A
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit4 3Valves
Maximum DC Output Voltage
9500 V
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit5 6Valves
Maximum DC Output Current
7.5 A
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit5 6Valves
Maximum DC Output Voltage
18500 V
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit6 6Valves
Maximum DC Output Current
3.75 A
ChokeInputFilter 50Hz Circuit6 6Valves
MercuryVapour
1
MinimumPreheatPeriodColdAmbient
30 min
AfterShipmentOrTransit