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Re: Multi-layered Secondary (fwd)
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Multi-layered Secondary (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <mod1@pupman.com>
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 22:34:29 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:03:30 -0800
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
Subject: Re: Multi-layered Secondary
> From: Bill Lemieux [SMTP:gomez@netherworld.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 5:01 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Multi-layered Secondary
> Not to pick nits here, Jim, but I have a hard time believing that those
little
> cameras store 20 joules. Even if the cap was 200uF at 200VDC, (small for
a
> photoflash cap, but larger than what I remember seeing in the dozen or so
> disposable strobes I've got lying about somewhere) you'd only get 4J.
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> Out of curiosity, does anyone have one of them handy to read off some
> values?
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> I have a bunch of them burried in storage somewhere. I was going to use
> them
> in a costume...
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> -Gomez
You are right, 20 joules is a bit optimistic... Having just dismantled a
disposable last week: 300 Volts at 250 uF, or about 12 Joules. A Canon EOS
Rebel G, which I also dismantled: 330 V at 300 uF, 17 Joules.
Mea errata,
Jim