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RE: Flash Tubes
Phillip,
Have you starred into an air spark gap lately ? ( just kidding - Don't do
it)
There is going to be alot of HEAT and LIGHT no matter what (practical/cheap)
gap you devise.
Even my vacuum switches - a spark starts BEFORE the metal can touch = HEAT
& LIGHT
(also maybe molten metal and welded contacts - thats why I use the
'jog' mode - never really close them, just a jog)
The light & heat from a linear (or other) Xenon is not so much
different/greater (within order mag?) than other gaps.
I believe it its reasonable to set up a test and see given the constraint
it probably won't be great at 120 PPS.
(though there are laser's running at higher rates - using coolants and tough
linear tubes)
Has anyone had the opportunity to give Xenon flashlamp/discharge lamp a try
in Tesla Service ?
The results may not be that bad for the purpose of instrumenting what's
going on at very low repetition rates.
Dale
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Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:37 AM
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Subject: Re: Flash Tubes
Original Poster: "Phillip D. Rembold" <prembold-at-gte-dot-net>
The quick answer is " your off base" most of the energy that would have been
transferred to to the secondary will be converted to light and heat if you
just
replace the spark gap with a flash tube.
Phil
TCBFW
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "JimmyD" <jim_del-at-email.msn-dot-com>
>
> I was toying with the idea of using flash tube (more like the standard
photo
> strobes) to be used as a sealed spark gap for tesla use. Is this feasible
> or am I way off base??