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

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Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au> 

Tesla list wrote:
>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.

You could always trigger it.  Camera flash tubes tend to have an external
trigger electrode (piece of foil behind tube).

Cheers

M

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