Data set 01
1968 General Electric Co
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
SECTION 1
Rectifier
Other
Instantaneous Anode Current Below 25 Cycles
12.8 A
Surge Anode Current
200 A
DesignOnly
Rectifier - Half Wave ·Rectifier
FG280
All-metal indirectly heated mercury-vapor half-wave rectifier for high-current conversion with low voltage drop. Its heavy heater provides several amperes of industrial output.
Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilar
- Sections
- 1
- Base
- -
- Socket code
- -
- Base pins
- -
- Nominal heater
- 5 V / 10 A
Description
The FG-280 is an all-metal half-wave mercury-vapor rectifier for converting alternating current to direct current where relatively high current and low voltage drop are required.
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
- 5 V
- Nominal heater current
- 10 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
- 2000 V
- Rectifier nominal output current
- 6.4 A
- Rectifier peak forward current
- 12.8 A
- Rectifier forward voltage drop
- 15 V
Half-wave mercury-vapor phanotron; instantaneous current is for 25 cycles and above.
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.