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

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

or, use a series trigger?  Check the EG&G (now Perkin Elmer) literature on
flash tubes.

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


 > 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
 >
 >
 >