Skip to main content

Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier

ESU106

Indirectly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier for high-current industrial supplies. Its heavy cathode system and low arc voltage provide multiampere output at high voltage.

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

Description

Indirectly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier for high-current power supplies.

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
4 V
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

Rectifier

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Rectifier peak inverse voltage
20000 V
Rectifier nominal output current
3 A
Rectifier peak forward current
15 A
Rectifier forward voltage drop
15 V
Rectifier warm-up time
180 s

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

1960 Mazda

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristics

  • Heater current range

    14-16 A

Other

  • Maximum surge cathode current

    150 A

    0.1s

Data set 02

1961 AEI Industrial Valves

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Other

  • CondensedMercuryTemperatureRange

    25 to 70 C

  • HeaterCurrentRange

    14 A to 16 A

  • MaximumSurgeCathodeCurrent

    150 A

    0.1s max

Data set 03

1961 Associated Electrical Industries

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Rectifier

Characteristics

  • Heater current range

    14-16 A

Other

  • Maximum surge cathode current

    150 A

    0.1s