Type 6508 Mercury-Vapor rectifiers
 

I'm writing up eBay auction material for
a pair of 6508 M-V rectifiers. I could
use a tube base diagram for them, as
well as some commercial or industrial
applications for these beasts. They are
rated 21,000 PIV @ 2.5 A which could
power a good-sized broadcast transmitter
in the 1940's or '50's. Any help would
be appreciated.

afcsman W9NPI

Type 6508 Mercury-Vapor rectifiers
 

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:27:22 -0400, afcsman wrote:

I'm writing up eBay auction material for
a pair of 6508 M-V rectifiers. I could
use a tube base diagram for them, as
well as some commercial or industrial
applications for these beasts. They are
rated 21,000 PIV @ 2.5 A which could
power a good-sized broadcast transmitter
in the 1940's or '50's. Any help would
be appreciated.

afcsman W9NPI

Hi,

Of all my links and stuff, this was all I could find:
http://www.wps.com/archives/tube-dat...ices/6508.html

Cheers,
__
Gregg

Type 6508 Mercury-Vapor rectifiers
 

geek wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:27:22 -0400, afcsman wrote:

I'm writing up eBay auction material for
a pair of 6508 M-V rectifiers. I could
use a tube base diagram for them, as
well as some commercial or industrial
applications for these beasts. They are
rated 21,000 PIV @ 2.5 A which could
power a good-sized broadcast transmitter
in the 1940's or '50's. Any help would
be appreciated.

afcsman W9NPI

Hi,

Of all my links and stuff, this was all I could find:
http://www.wps.com/archives/tube-dat...ices/6508.html

Cheers,
__
Gregg

Very nice. I use four 673's myself. small things at only 15K PIV/1.5A..

Type 6508 Mercury-Vapor rectifiers
 

geek wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:27:22 -0400, afcsman wrote:

I'm writing up eBay auction material for
a pair of 6508 M-V rectifiers. I could
use a tube base diagram for them, as
well as some commercial or industrial
applications for these beasts. They are
rated 21,000 PIV @ 2.5 A which could
power a good-sized broadcast transmitter
in the 1940's or '50's. Any help would
be appreciated.

afcsman W9NPI

Hi,

Of all my links and stuff, this was all I could find:
http://www.wps.com/archives/tube-dat...ices/6508.html

Cheers,
__
Gregg
Thanks, Gregg. That's the same source
that I found. I'll just go to eBay with
the information I've acquired, along
with a filament continuity check, M-V
anecdotes from my early days, and see
how they move.

73, afcsman