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Article #19916Xenon flash tube sources
From: Steve Sutphen
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1988 20:39
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1988 20:39
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I am looking for sources for Xenon flash tubes (the kind that are used in camera flashes and strobes). I would like to find data sheets for a flash tube that is in some existing equipment (I cannot see any identification on the part at all) as well as a (cheap) supplier of tubes. I looked in the Efstonscience (the Edmund Scientific distributor for Canada) and could not find such a device. I have two projects that I would like this data for: upgrading the flash level in a friends slide duplicator, and building some experiments to try and freeze moving objects on film. I want to understand what the various parameters are (watt-seconds and duration of the flash) and how to control them (can I just add a larger capacitor to an existing flash to get more light out or would that burn up the tube?). thanks, steve.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!steve From: steve@alberta.UUCP (Steve Sutphen) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.photo Subject: Xenon flash tube sources Keywords: flash strobe Message-ID: <144@snaring.UUCP> Date: 16 Oct 88 20:39:16 GMT Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 13