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VP 10000

IPEE Curtea de Argeș

Also known as
VP 10.000
Year
Unknown
Category
Components
Type
Varistors
Documentation score
1/5
Last edited
17 OCT 2026

Specifications

Type
disc, unprotected, without leads
Nominal voltage (Un)
48 V
Max. repetitive voltage (Umax)
145 V
Nominal current (In)
1.7–5 mA (see Variants)
Test current (Itest)
65–152 mA (see Variants)
Rated dissipated power (Pdn)
0.4 W
Class
2–4 (see Variants)
Current asymmetry, max (A)
10 %
Temperature coefficient, max (αT)
0.8 %/°C
Climatic category
40/100/04
Marking
red dot, orange dot, yellow dot (see Variants)
Diameter (D)
12 mm
Thickness
2 mm
Application
protection of relay contacts

Sources: [1][2]

Variants (3)

Note
VP 102041.7652red dot
VP 103043723orange dot2nd edition only
VP 1040451524yellow dot

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Description

The VP 10000 is a series of unprotected disc varistors without leads („fără terminale”) for the protection of relay contacts [1]. The Agenda radioelectronistului (2nd edition, 1989) gives three types with a nominal voltage Un of 48 V, a maximum repetitive voltage of 145 V, a current asymmetry A of at most 10 %, a temperature coefficient αT of at most 0.8 %/°C, climatic category 40/100/04 and a coloured dot as the marking; they differ in the nominal current at Un (1.7, 3 and 5 mA), the test current and the class [1].

The Agenda radioelectronistului names IPEE Electro-Argeș of Curtea de Argeș as the producer of the varistors in its section on varistors made in Romania, in both editions [3][4]. Un secol de electronică în România says that the works’ resistor catalogue (in English) covered 16 families of resistors, among them varistors and thermistors [5].

Coded as [3]:

Part Meaning
V component type: varistor
G, P, T main field of use: G = low voltage, general use; P = low voltage, for protecting contacts; T = high voltage
1…9 construction type: 1 = disc without leads; 2 = the same, impregnated; 3 = lacquered disc; 4 = the same, impregnated; 5 = cylinder; 6 = the same, lacquered; 7 = bead („perlă”); 8 = the same, lacquered; 9 = washer („șaibă”)
0…6 maximum admissible current (field P): 0 = 0.5 mA, 1 = 2 mA, 2 = 1.7 mA, 3 = 3.0 mA, 4 = 5.0 mA, 5 = 9.0 mA, 6 = 15 mA
1…5 nominal current (fields G, T): 1 = 1 mA, 2 = 2 mA, 3 = 3 mA, 4 = 10 mA, 5 = 100 mA
01, 04, 08, 10, 20 rated dissipated power (Pdn): 0.1, 0.4, 0.8, 1.0 and 2.0 W
(optional) other characteristics: Un = nominal voltage, Uk = classification voltage

The book’s example is „VP 1204 – 48 V”; „1 = 2 mA” is printed so in both editions, between 0.5 and 1.7 mA [3][4]. The book does not explain the codes in its tables digit by digit.

The 2nd edition prints the drawing (fig. 19.1) upside down; the gallery shows the same drawing from the 1st edition (fig. 3.4.1), which gives a disc of 12 ± 1 mm, 2 ± 0.5 mm thick, with a circle of at least 7 mm inside [1][2]. The 1st edition (1983) has only the VP 10204 and VP 10404 [2].

Gallery

IPEE Curtea de Argeș VP 10000: Drawing (fig. 3.4.1, 1st edition)No image available
Drawing (fig. 3.4.1, 1st edition)

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References

  1. [1]N. Drăgulănescu – „Agenda radioelectronistului”, 2nd edition, Editura Tehnică, 1989, section 19.2.2 „Varistoare disc, neprotejate, fără terminale, seria VP 10.000”, p. 232
  2. [2]N. Drăgulănescu – „Agenda radioelectronistului”, 1st edition, Editura Tehnică, 1983, section 3.4.2.2 „Varistoare disc, neprotejate, fără terminale, seria VP 10.000”, p. 201
  3. [3]N. Drăgulănescu – „Agenda radioelectronistului”, 2nd edition, Editura Tehnică, 1989, section 19.2 „Varistoare produse în R.S.R.”, 19.2.1 „Codificare – marcare”, p. 231
  4. [4]N. Drăgulănescu – „Agenda radioelectronistului”, 1st edition, Editura Tehnică, 1983, section 3.4.2 „Varistoare produse în R.S.R.”, 3.4.2.1 „Codificare – marcare”, p. 201
  5. [5]N. Millea, I. Constantinescu (coord.) – „Un secol de electronică în România”, Editura Academiei Române, 2020, section VIII.2.2, p. 435