Data set 01
1953 AEG
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Construction
Filling
Mercury vapour
Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier
AG866A
AEG directly heated mercury-vapor high-voltage half-wave rectifier for medium-power installations, providing approximately 10 kV inverse-voltage capability.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 4
- Nominal heater
- 2.5 V / 5 A
Description
A directly heated mercury-vapor rectifier intended mainly as a high-voltage half-wave rectifier in medium-power rectifier installations.
General specifications
Tube and section characteristics
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Heater and base
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- 4
- Nominal heater voltage
- 2.5 V
- Nominal heater current
- 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
- 10000 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 250 mA
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 1 A
- Rectifier forward voltage drop
- 15 V
- Rectifier warm-up time
- 60 s
Mercury-vapor high-voltage rectifier.
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
1953 RFT Rundfunk Technik
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
Inverse voltage maximum
10 kV
Peak plate current maximum
1 A
Average plate current maximum
250 mA
Warm-up time minimum
1 min
Normal
Warm-up time after transport
30 min
AfterTransport
Characteristic
Arc voltage at 0.5 A
12 V