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816

Sensibly equivalent to:
CV724 VT-216
    
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The 816 is a half wave mercury vapour rectifier with the old American standard 2.5 Volt heater. The filament warms up to operating temperature in 10 seconds and a thermal delay switch would be used in series with the anode circuit so that 60 Hz HT would not be applied until the valve was hot.
The voltage drop across the valve is 15 Volts.
The pinch and cylindrical anode.
The filament is supported on stout rods. The mercury can be seen on the inside of the glass. The filament is a small diameter helix.
The classic envelope is 39 mm in diameter and, excluding the UX4 base pins, is 103 mm tall.
Reference: Data-sheet. Type 816 was first introduced in 1957. See also 1957 adverts.

 

Pin Connections
UX4
1
2
3
4
tc
f
nc
nc
f
a

 

Absolute Maximum Operating Conditions
Rectifier
Vh
Ah
Va
mAa
2.5
2.0
2,500
125
Thanks to Frank Philipse for supplying the above PDF datasheet.
Updated January 09, 2022.
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