6514

Permanently sealed water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for industrial 300–900 V DC rectifier circuits.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

Permanently sealed water-cooled rectifier ignitron for 300, 600, and 900 V dc industrial rectifier circuits, with integral temperature-control and protective features.

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 plate voltage: 2100 V

Ignitron/control-rectifier section; schema has no dedicated Ignitron SectionType, so Other is used. Published rectifier ratings preserved in 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

Peak inverse anode voltage
2100 V
PowerRectifier
Peak forward anode voltage
2100 V
PowerRectifier
Peak anode current
1800 A
900VClass
Continuous average anode current
200 A
900VClass
Surge anode current
12000 A
900VClass

Characteristic

Arc drop at 600 A peak
16.2 V