AJ5553B

Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron designed for industrial AC power and resistance-welding control, providing controlled switching of very large currents.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

Water-cooled mercury-pool ignitron for industrial AC power and welding control.

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.

Mercury-pool ignitron switching section.

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

Other

Maximum conducting capacity
2400 kVA
TwoTubesInverseParallel
Maximum average anode current
355 A
800kVA
Maximum anode voltage
600 V
Minimum anode voltage
220 V
Cooling water flow
12 L/min
FullLoad