6509

Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for railroad-locomotive rectifier and auxiliary-power service.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

The GL-6509 is a water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for railroad-locomotive rectifier service, designed for auxiliary power where GL-6504 tubes provide the main supply and also suitable as a main source in multiple-unit car installations.

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

Rectifier peak inverse voltage: 2100 V
Rectifier nominal output current: 200 A
Rectifier peak forward current: 1800 A

Special-purpose data not represented by fixed promoted fields are preserved in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER. Ignitron/mercury-pool data semantically matching rectifier inverse-voltage and current fields were promoted; remaining grid, ignitor, auxiliary-anode, thermal, and fault ratings are 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

The GL
6509 C
The GL-6509 is an ignitron for railroad locomotive rectifier service. This tube
the GL
6504 C
The GL-6509 is an ignitron for railroad locomotive rectifier service. This tube
Inlet Water Temperature minimum
30 C
The GL-6509 is an ignitron for railroad locomotive rectifier service. This tube
Water Temperature Rise maximum L
5 C
The GL-6509 is an ignitron for railroad locomotive rectifier service. This tube
Pressure Drop at
3 gal/min
The GL-6509 is an ignitron for railroad locomotive rectifier service. This tube
Maximum Inverse Voltage
5 V
Power-Rectifier Service #, ASA - Continuous Duty
Root Mean Square
15 A
Power-Rectifier Service #, ASA - Continuous Duty
Average
2 A
Power-Rectifier Service #, ASA - Continuous Duty
faximum Averaging Time
10 s
Power-Rectifier Service #, ASA - Continuous Duty