GL7171

Sealed stainless-steel-jacketed ignitron for capacitor-discharge and DC short-circuiting switch service. Controlled mercury discharge handles extremely high pulse currents.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized

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

Description

Sealed stainless-steel jacketed ignitron for capacitor-discharge and DC short-circuiting switch service.

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

Max plate voltage: 10 V

Promoted fields mapped from printed ratings/characteristics headings; specialized published data retained in parameter rows.

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

1968 General Electric Co

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

IgnitronPowerSwitch

Other

ET-T
1512 A
ET-T1512A

Capacitance

Maximum Duration. . ......... . i
0.002 Seconds
Maximum Duration. . ......... . i 0.002 Seconds
Tonization Time
0.5 us
Tonization Time. .. ... ... .. 0.5 Microseconds
Maximum Duration. .. ... ...t
0.002 Seconds
Maximum Duration. .. ... ...t 0.002 Seconds
Tonization THIME. . .. ... e
0.5 us
Tonization THIME. . .. ... e 0.5 Microseconds
Length of Firing Pulse, sinewave. ... ........................... 5
10 us
Length of Firing Pulse, sinewave. ... ........................... 5 10 Microseconds
ET-T
1512 A
ET-T1512A
ET-T
1512 A
ET-T1512A