5553A

Sealed stainless-steel-jacketed water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron designed primarily for resistance-welding control and exceptionally high peak-current industrial service.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater: -

Description

The GL-5553-A is a sealed stainless-steel-jacketed, water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron designed primarily for resistance-welding-control service and very high peak currents.

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base: -
Socket code: -
Base pins: -
Nominal heater voltage: -
Nominal heater current: -
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

IgnitronPowerSwitch

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Ignitron ratings do not map cleanly to ordinary plate/screen promoted fields; complete service ratings are preserved 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.

Data set 01

1968 General Electric Co

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Other

Maximum Peak Anode Voltage Inverse
1500 V
RectifierService
Maximum Peak Anode Voltage Forward
1500 V
RectifierService
Maximum Peak Anode Current
4000 A
RectifierService
Resistance-Welding Maximum Demand
2400 kVA
WeldingControl
Maximum Average Current
355 A
WeldingControl
Maximum Peak Fault Current at 250 V
27000 A
WeldingControl
Water Flow Minimum
3 gal/min