[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

Re: 673 Rectifier

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From hullr-at-whitlock-dot-comMon Sep  9 22:33:36 1996
> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 16:59:45 -0700
> From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: More TOOB stuff
> 
> Anyone!
> 
> I need just general specs on the 673 mercury vapor rectifier  Peak
> voltage and current mainly.  Fil volts and amps would also be nice.  Got
> the pinouts  Ok.
> 

>From my RCA TT-5 manual:

673 Half-Wave Mercury-Vapor Rectifier

Coated-filament type used in power supply
of transmitting and industrial equipment.

Maximum peak inverse anode volts 15000
Maximum average anode amperes 1.5
Requires Super-Jumbo four-contact socket and
may be operated in vertical position only.
The 673 is electrically identical to the 575A

575A

Filament voltage 5.0V
Filament Current 10.0A
Peak Tube Current Drop(Approx) 10V

Half-Wave In-Phase Operation
Maximum Ratings
Peak Inverse Anode Voltage   10000V    15000V
Anode Current
  Peak                           7A        6A
  Average                     1.75A      1.5A
  Fault (0.1 sec max)          100A      100A

Half-Wave Quadrature Operation
Maximum Ratings
Peak Inverse Anode Voltage   10000V    15000V
Anode Current
  Peak                          10A       10A
  Average                      2.5A      2.5A
  Fault (0.1 sec max)          100A      100A

August
-- 
August Johnson KG7BZ   AMI 733       http://www.whitemtns-dot-com/~kg7bz
P.O. Box 795
Pinetop, AZ 85935

(520) 367-0592