Re: Multi-layered Secondary (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Multi-layered Secondary (fwd)
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 22:34:29 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:03:30 -0800
From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Multi-layered Secondary

> From:  Bill Lemieux [SMTP:gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com]
> Sent:  Thursday, March 26, 1998 5:01 PM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: Multi-layered Secondary

> Not to pick nits here, Jim, but I have a hard time believing that those
little
> cameras store 20 joules.  Even if the cap was 200uF at 200VDC, (small for
a 
> photoflash cap, but larger than what I remember seeing in the dozen or so
> disposable strobes I've got lying about somewhere) you'd only get 4J.
> 
> Out of curiosity, does anyone have one of them handy to read off some
> values?
> 
> I have a bunch of them burried in storage somewhere.  I was going to use
> them
> in a costume...
> 
> -Gomez
You are right, 20 joules is a bit optimistic... Having just dismantled a
disposable last week: 300 Volts at 250 uF, or about 12 Joules. A Canon EOS
Rebel G, which I also dismantled: 330 V at 300 uF, 17 Joules. 

Mea errata,
Jim