5554

Water-cooled Amperex ignitron designed for welding-control and continuous rectifier service, providing high-current controlled mercury-pool conduction for industrial power equipment.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

Sections: 1
Base: -
Socket code: B9A
Base pins: -
Nominal heater: -

Description

5554 is a Other device in the supplied Amperex literature. Water-cooled Amperex ignitron for welding-control and continuous rectifier service; 5554 is the base designation on the supplied page. Published ratings, operating points, capacitances, pulse data, or industrial service limits were preserved in the technical output as applicable.

Socket description

Small-button Noval 9-contact

General specifications

Tube and section characteristics

Properties common to every published source and operating point.

Heater and base

Base: -
Socket code: B9A
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.

Water-cooled Amperex ignitron for welding-control and continuous rectifier service; 5554 is the base designation on the supplied page.

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

1958 Amperex Industrial

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Other

Welder-control RMS voltage range
2400 V
WeldingControl
Maximum KVA demand
1200 kVA
WeldingControl
Corresponding average current
75 A
WeldingControl
Maximum average-current demand
600 kVA
WeldingControl
Corresponding maximum average current
113 A
WeldingControl
Typical DC output voltage
300 V
ContinuousRectifier; SixPhaseDoubleYSingleWay
Maximum peak inverse and forward voltage
2100 V
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=300V
Maximum peak anode current
900 A
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=300V
Maximum continuous average anode current
100 A
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=300V
Maximum one-minute average current
200 A
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=300V
Typical DC output voltage
600 V
ContinuousRectifier; SixPhaseDoubleYSingleWay
Maximum peak inverse and forward voltage
2100 V
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=600V
Maximum peak anode current
600 A
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=600V
Maximum continuous average anode current
75 A
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=600V
Maximum one-minute average current
150 A
ContinuousRectifier; DCOutput=600V