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PL150

Directly heated mercury-vapor/gas thyratron for cinema rectifiers, battery chargers, and industrial rectifier service. Its massive filament supports heavy current.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
1.9 V / 26 A

Description

Directly heated mercury-vapor/gas thyratron for cinema rectifiers, battery chargers, and industrial rectifier 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
1.9 V
Nominal heater current
26 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

Thyratron

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances
Max cathode current
15 A

Promoted only where the locked schema has a direct semantic match; additional CRT, regulator, thyratron, pulse, capacitance, and operating values 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 Philips Electron Tubes Handbook V3

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

Thyratron

Characteristic

  • Arc voltage drop

    12 V

    Thyratron

  • Ionization time

    10 µs

    Thyratron

  • Deionization time

    1000 µs

    Thyratron

Other

  • Peak forward anode voltage maximum

    240 V

    Thyratron

  • Peak inverse anode voltage maximum

    500 V

    Thyratron

  • Peak cathode/anode current maximum

    90 A

    Thyratron

  • Average cathode/anode current maximum

    15 A

    Thyratron

  • Surge current maximum

    750 A

    0.1Second

Construction

  • Gas/fill

    Mercury vapor and gas

    Thyratron