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Specialized - Switching Tube ·SurgeProtector

UA600

Inert-gas surge arrester designed specifically to protect coaxial-cable amplifiers from lightning, earth-return, and related transient overvoltages.

Directly heatedCold cathodeCommon cathodeDissimilarSpecialized
Sections
1
Base
-
Socket code
-
Base pins
-
Nominal heater
-

Description

Inert-gas surge arrester for protecting coaxial-cable amplifiers from lightning and earth-return overvoltages.

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

SurgeProtector

X-ray radiationInterelectrode capacitances

No fixed ratings are recorded for this section.

Published electrical characteristics preserved in parameter rows; regulator-specific fields promoted where applicable.

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

1962 Cerberus

Published operating points and test conditions from this source.

SECTION 1

SurgeProtector

Other

  • Static breakdown voltage

    540 to 660 V

  • Dynamic breakdown voltage

    - to 1200 V

    Pulse 2 kV - 1/50

  • AC shunting current

    20 A

    1 s, 50 Hz

  • Surge current

    10 kA

    Pulse 15/50

Characteristics

  • Glow sustaining voltage

    150 V

  • Arc sustaining voltage

    25 V

Capacitance

  • Capacitance

    4 pF