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Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

DCG41000G

Directly heated mercury-vapor half-wave industrial rectifier for high-voltage power conversion, using low arc voltage to provide efficient ampere-class DC output.

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

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 01

1953 RFT Rundfunk Technik

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • Maximum inverse voltage

    10 kV

  • Maximum peak current

    1 A

  • Maximum average current

    250 mA

Characteristic

  • Arc voltage

    12 V

    At anode current above 0.5 A