6348

Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for resistance-welding control and rectifier service. Its controlled discharge handles extremely high peak currents in industrial equipment.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for resistance-welding control and rectifier service, capable of 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

Max cathode current: 355 A

Published ratings and characteristics promoted semantically from source.

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

1950 General Electric Transmitting Types

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Other

Maximum Cathode Current
355 A
Maximum Average Current
355 A
ResistanceWeldingControl
Maximum Peak Fault Current
27000 A
250 V