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AX5822

Water-cooled ignitron with sensing-plate provision for industrial welder control. This heavy-current mercury-discharge device combines controlled switching with rectification in resistance-welding equipment.

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

Description

Water-cooled ignitron for welder-control service with sensing-plate provision.

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.

Promoted only where the locked section schema has a direct semantic match; remaining transmitting, receiving, thyratron, ignitron, capacitance, and control data are retained in TUBE_SECTION_PARAMETER.

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

1963 Amperex Condensed

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Other

  • RMS voltage range

    220-600 V

    Ignitron;WelderControl

  • Maximum KVA demand

    424 kVA

    Ignitron;WelderControl

  • Corresponding average current

    20 A

    Ignitron;WelderControl

  • Maximum average-current corresponding KVA demand

    188 kVA

    Ignitron;WelderControl

  • Corresponding current

    70 A

    Ignitron;WelderControl

  • Cooling

    Water

    Ignitron