RE: xenon flash tubes as gaps Re: Zener SSTC?

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

We just got a pair donated and I was thinking the same thing. They won't 
arc at 10kV, but at 15kV it's a thin arc (much the same as if it were in 
free air. The arc lamps are massive, and I was wondering if it would be 
possible to make a silent (or much quieter) gap from one. The problem is 
it's a fixed-width gap, and I haven't yet come up with how to make that work.

Ideas?



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>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: xenon flash tubes as gaps Re: Zener SSTC?
>Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:25:37 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>The big tubes don't quench very fast (electrodes and gas stay hot).
>And, they can't dissipate a lot of continuous power.
>
>Perhaps, though, a xenon arc lamp, (as used in projectors, for instance)
>which is designed to dissipate continuous power, might work?
>----- Original Message -----
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>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Zener SSTC?
>
>
> > Original poster: Jan Wagner <jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Tesla list wrote:
> >  > Original poster: "Nick Miller" <nickstuffinc-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >  >
> >  > what about using ne2 neon bulbs for a oltc?
> >
> > That, or rather a high(er) power xenon flash tube just _might_ work for a
> > really small and inefficient TC. Although, preventing the tube from
> > exploding, yet still have a (barely?)working TC would be a challenge... ;)
> >
> >   - jfw
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