Re: Xenon Short Arc Igniter Help? (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:04:11 -0500
From: Charles Brush <cfbrush@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Xenon Short Arc Igniter Help? (fwd)

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>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:38:35 -0700
>From: robert heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: Xenon Short Arc Igniter Help?
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>Power to your flash assembly is supplied by your power supply not the
>trigger circuit. If you nead a 30 Kv trigger you use an auto ignition coil.
>No flash assembly uses a 40 amp continous trigger. Main flash power can be
>that high, but not the trigger. Even military sequencial flash assemblies
>don't use 40 amp triggers.
>      Robert    H



Understood, but with series triggers the secondary of the trigger 
transformer is in series with the main power supply isn't it?  I'm 
just not sure how that is done without an enormous coil.   I've got 
to dig through the patent office site some more for schematics.

Charles