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FW4-500

Sensibly equivalent to:
45-IU AU1 CV1264 NU12 RV200/600 U18/20
    
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The FW4/500 full wave rectifier is a higher power device than most full wave rectifiers at 500 Volts at 250 mA. The valve is directly heated. The maximum reservoir capacitor is 16 µF and the minimum effective series resistance has to be 200 ω.
The twin rectifier sections. The side flanges provide fixing points and additional anode area for cooling. The filament is a single inverted V in each section.
Face view of one anode, it is 21 mm wide.
The top mica showing the oxide coated ribbon filaments held in the hooks of the tensioning springs.
The classic envelope is 49 mm in diameter, and excluding the B4 base pins, is 122 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet, 1040 & 1043. Type FW4-500 was first introduced in 1939. See also 1939 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
B4
1
2
3
4
a(1)
a(2)
f
f

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Rectifier
Vh
Ah
Va
mAa
4.0
3.0
500
250
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated November 20, 2021.
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