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

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Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <neko4-at-dodo-dot-com.au> 

and keep in mind it'll produce just as much UV as a normal gap, ie enough 
to give you a sunburn and destroy your eyes,  especially since it will 
produce UVC which normally does not exist on earth from the sun.

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On 17/01/2004 at 10:39 PM Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
 >
 >Mark and Chris,
 >
 >Be VERY careful when experimenting with that short-arc lamp. It uses xenon
 >gas under high pressure. These lamps can explode violently if accidentally
 >subjected to electrical or mechanical abuse! Even the presence of small
 >scratches or fingerprints on the outer quartz bulb an be a problem.
 >
 >Best regards,
 >
 >-- Bert --
 >
 >
 >Tesla list wrote:
 >>Original poster: "Christopher Boden" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >>This isn't a flash tube, it's a BIG (1000watt) Xenon Short-Arc lamp used
 >>for theatre projection. 7518989 is the bulb number. Since it fires below
 >>15kV we don't worry about it damageing any of the NSTs ot whatnot, but I
 >>know we won't get max-power from it.
 >>We're testing it right now in the next room with a 6" coil :)
 >>
 >>
 >>Christopher "Duck" Boden Geek#1
 >>President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
 >>The Geek Group
 >>www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
 >>Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >>>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >>>Subject: Re: xenon flash tubes as gaps Re: Zener SSTC?
 >>>Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:55:40 -0700
 >>>
 >>>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
 >>>
 >>>--
 >>>Matthew Smith
 >>>Kadina Business Consultancy
 >>>South Australia
 >>>http://www.kbc-dot-net.au