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Specialized - Ignitron ·IgnitronPowerSwitch

AJ5101

Air-cooled glass ignitron for industrial AC switching. Controlled mercury-pool discharge handles heavy power-control currents.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
-

Description

Air-cooled glass ignitron for industrial AC switching.

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
1 A

Ignitron; represented as Thyratron in canonical TubeType and Other in canonical SectionType.

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

1953 AEG

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Construction

  • Cooling method

    Air

Other

  • Maximum switching capacity

    50 kVA

    AntiParallelPair

  • Peak anode current

    200 A

Characteristic

  • Arc drop

    10 V

  • Ignition delay minimum

    1 us

  • Ignition delay maximum

    100 us