Re: Marx generator (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:15:06 -0800
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>, hvlist <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Marx generator (fwd)

At 07:56 AM 12/14/2005, High Voltage list wrote:
>Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:08:24 +0000
>From: GEORGE STEIN <afa2fg@xxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: Marx generator (fwd)
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>""BIG snip""
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>Could some of the currently available UV LED's be used to trigger the
>gaps??? Or is the required amount of UV radiation very high compared to the
>amount emitted by an LED??


Need very bright, short wavelength UV.  Nitrogen lasers work. Spark gaps work.

At some point, it's cheaper to use triggered gaps up the stack and worry 
about getting the trigger pulses up the stack (resistors work nicely)


>George Stein
>Bedford, Va.