7151

Water-cooled ignitron for high-power AC control service. Its controlled mercury-discharge conduction switches extremely large industrial currents.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

The GL-7151 is a sealed water-cooled stainless-steel-jacket ignitron for AC control service; two tubes in inverse-parallel can control multi-megavolt-ampere loads.

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

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Ignitron electrical quantities do not map cleanly to ordinary vacuum-tube promoted plate/screen fields; source ratings preserved densely as 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

Voltage Range Minimum
250 V
Voltage Range Maximum
600 V
Maximum Demand
4800 kVA
Maximum Average Current
900 A
Maximum Peak Fault Current at 250 V
54000 A
Water Flow Minimum
10 gal/min