Re: ferrite mini coil---xenon tube problem

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Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

Hi

 From memory, 300V across the tube, about 2.2kV at diddly-swat Amps on 
the trigger electrode.  (TSG in a jar...) Examine and understand circuit 
of Kodak Max Flash camera to see how this works - there are schematics 
on the Web; look at schematics on http://www.repairfaq-dot-org

Cheers

Matthew Smith



Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<PeterCGMN-at-aol-dot-com>
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> In a message dated 1/20/02 2:44:29 PM, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
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>>Get a flash camera, and remove the xenon tube, that should work ace.
>>
> 
> Okay, I stole the tube but I have one problem; how much power do I need to 
> light it? Maybe I'm just stupid (most likely the problem) but I can't get
the 
> darn thing to light.
> 
> 73, Kc0Ion, "Ion-Boy"
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>