5822A

Water-cooled ignitron for welder-control service. Its controlled mercury-pool discharge switches extremely high industrial currents in resistance-welding equipment.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

5822A is listed in the supplied Amperex material as a water-cooled ignitron for welder-control service. Published ratings and characteristics were captured from the supplied table.

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.

Published ratings/characteristics reviewed.

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

1963 Amperex Condensed

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Other

RMS voltage minimum
220 V
WelderControl
RMS voltage maximum
600 V
WelderControl
Maximum KVA demand
424 kVA
WelderControl
Corresponding average current
20 A
WelderControl
Maximum average-current KVA demand
188 kVA
WelderControl
Maximum average current
70 A
WelderControl
Cooling
Water
WelderControl