Thyratron

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 10:41:28 GMT, "MGM" vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:

a 4 pin hand grenade....coward's method

"Are you SURE?"

.........no I'm not! remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Spike....Spike? Hello?

Hi Mike,

Well, it would be a good idea to find out the exact specs of your Thyratron (I bet a lot of people don't know what the heck one of these things are!!).

You can try

I typically pay $300 USD for a specific Thyratron that is used in Copper Bromide Vapour Pulsed Wave Lasers that I work with, but a NOS one in untested condition?!?!?

Does the application still exist? oh, and not ever having seen a WW2 German grenade, I'm guessing it is a cylinder of some sort with the pins probably on one end. Is there a metal ring somewhere down the center of the unit?

Hope that sorta helps you out.

They don't list this part number but there are other thyatrons here:

You might try some ham radio groups too.

-- WS mostly in m.s -

Just keep in mind, once the last pin is pulled. Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend.

Gunner

"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem. To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas

A "solid state thyratron" is basically a silicon controlled rectifier in a thyratron-shaped package, maybe with the addition of some signal-conditioning to adapt grid drive to gate drive. Probably intended as a replacement for the mercury-vapor thyratrons WeCo used in their PBX battery chargers.

Isaac

Tons of uses - from relay controllers to spot welding. Even motor controlls :-)

Martin