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Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

635P

Half-wave mercury-vapor industrial power rectifier, co-designated GL-6930/635-P, providing multi-ampere average output and very high peak-current capability.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
2.5 V / 20 A

Description

635-P is the co-designation printed on the GL-6930/635-P half-wave mercury-vapor rectifier sheet for industrial power-rectifier service.

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
2.5 V
Nominal heater current
20 A
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 peak inverse voltage
1000 V
Rectifier nominal output current
6.4 A
Rectifier peak forward current
77 A
Rectifier forward voltage drop
9 V

Representative electrical section; promoted fields and additional published ratings are mapped from the approved source where applicable.

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

Rectifier

Other

  • Maximum frequency

    150 Hz

    Published datasheet value

Characteristic

  • Heating time

    3 min

    Published datasheet value