Data set 01
1947 Westinghouse
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Application
Application
MercuryVaporRectifier text
Other
Surge Anode Current
100 A
Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier
881
Indirectly heated mercury-vapor rectifier for high-power transmitting and industrial supplies. Its heavy heater and low arc voltage provide several amperes at high voltage.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- 5 V / 9.5 A
Description
Indirectly heated mercury-vapor rectifier for high-power transmitting and industrial DC supplies.
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
- 5 V
- Nominal heater current
- 9.5 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
- 15000 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 5 A
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 15 A
- Rectifier forward voltage drop
- 20 V
- Rectifier warm-up time
- 60 s
Published ratings and characteristics promoted from the approved Westinghouse source.
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.