Re: Terry's Strobe

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• Subject: Re: Terry's Strobe
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:33:16 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

The cheap Radio Shack strobe, when set to a fast flash rate, tends to flash
in sync with the line frequency.  It's because they use a half wave doubler
to charge the strobe cap.  It would be a simple matter to modify it so that
it flashes exactly  in sync.

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To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 10:10 AM
Subject: Terry's Strobe


>Original Poster: "Jeff W. Parisse" <jparisse-at-teslacoil-dot-com>
>
>TCML,
>
>I put together Terry's strobe last night and had a
>chance to try it out. Anyone with a sync gap and
>twenty bucks should put one of these together:
>it's a fabulous idea...
>
>However, the pulse is kinda wide for 3600 rpm
>motors. The moving electrodes appear as a blur
>instead of appear as if they are frozen in time
>(OK, I could split the difference of the blur, but...).
>It'd be nice to couple this circuit with a xenon flash
>to really round out the idea. 120 Hz operation would
>be nice too. Anyone out there willing to give it a
>try with me?...
>
>Jeff W. Parisse
>Director, kVA Effects
>www.teslacoil-dot-com
>
>
>

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