Data set 01
1950 General Electric Transmitting Types
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
IgnitronPowerSwitch
Other
Maximum Cathode Current
2016 A
Maximum Average Anode Current
2016 A
Specialized - Ignitron ·IgnitronPowerSwitch
6511
Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for frequency-changer resistance-welding control and industrial power-rectifier service.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- -
Description
Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for frequency-changer resistance-welding control and 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
- -
- 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
- 2016 A
- Rectifier peak inverse voltage
- 1500 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 70 A
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 1500 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 02
1968 General Electric Co
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
IgnitronPowerSwitch
Other
The GL
6511 C
Ignitor Veltage Required to Fire
200 V
Net Welght
8.4 lb
Inlet Water Temperature maximum
30 C
At No Load
0.5 gal/min
Water Temperature Rise maximum
6 C
Pregsure Drop at
15 gal/min
Negatlive
5 V
Peak
100 A
Root Mean Square
10 A
Average
1 A
Maximum Averaging Time
5 s
Maximum Voltage
575 V