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Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

3C2

Sylvania high-voltage rectifier for very-low-current power supplies. Operating from a 3.15 V heater, it provides approximately 1.1 mA rectified DC output, with additional high-voltage limits retained in source-derived data.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
IO
Base pins
8
Nominal heater
3.15 V / 210 mA

Description

Sylvania 3C2 high-voltage rectifier; published heater and rectifier ratings are taken from the supplied engineering sheet.

Socket description

International Octal

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base
-
Socket code
IO
Base pins
8
Nominal heater voltage
3.15 V
Nominal heater current
210 mA
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 nominal output current
1.1 mA

Published source values promoted where applicable; additional values retained as parameters.

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.

No source-specific operating conditions are recorded.