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Ignitron tube
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Subject: Ignitron tube
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From: nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net (Bert Pool)
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:07:42 -0500
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I just scrounged two massive ignitron tubes from a salvage yard.
They're about 6 inches in diameter and a foot long. The buss bars look like
they could carry thousands of amperes of current.
Manufacturer: Weltronic Ignitron 210-0147 NL-1052A Size C
Anyone familiar with these things? I tried digging thru my catalogs, Radio
Amateur Handbook, etc., and I can't find _anything_ on Ignitrons. I
believe they're a rectifier/switch, and they look like they have a control
pin (grid, gate?) They are water cooled.
I'm sure I have a good find here, and I think they'd be good for exploding
wire/water stuff, and maybe as a good rectifier for building a d.c. Tesla
coil system, but I have no clue as to how to wire one.
Maybe one of the more experienced on this list serve could toss a crumb of
experience my way on these things?
Thanks
Bert