Re: Interupting xenon flash current ?

On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:45:23 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:12:07 -0800, John Larkin
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:59:08 -0500, Phil Hobbs
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John Larkin wrote:
No, they commutated the flashtube with an SCR. Google SCR
commutation.

Yes, I've seen units that used a second flashtube.

John

That was Egerton's original method.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs


I have his book, full of beautiful pictures of hummingbirds and stuff.

And I have a krytron!

John

My wife worked for Edgerton while I was a student at M.I.T.

"Doc" used to have monthly steak fries in his lab, using an
old-fashioned galvanized wash tub as the charcoal grill. And he'd
play his guitar and sing ;-)

...Jim Thompson


I don't think Doc and Fred would have got along.

John

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