Another Silly Flash
I sometimes go on Ebay and look for caps that might be useful for a microsecond flash. Many film capacitors are not suitable because the connection of the film to the terminals is small and burns out under pulse conditions when the peak currents are hundreds of amps.
These little puppies looked promising, so I bought them and tried them out. They appear to flash well, the capacitance is a little low, but should make a slightly faster flash. I spent some time today building on of my Lexan/polypro cases.
It's smaller than my existing flash head by about 30%. I have always liked smaller electronics plus smaller flash heads means more options placing the flash.
This unit will run off my existing power supply, which is huge and connects to the heads using HV cable.
Cheers.
Another Silly Flash
I sometimes go on Ebay and look for caps that might be useful for a microsecond flash. Many film capacitors are not suitable because the connection of the film to the terminals is small and burns out under pulse conditions when the peak currents are hundreds of amps.
These little puppies looked promising, so I bought them and tried them out. They appear to flash well, the capacitance is a little low, but should make a slightly faster flash. I spent some time today building on of my Lexan/polypro cases.
It's smaller than my existing flash head by about 30%. I have always liked smaller electronics plus smaller flash heads means more options placing the flash.
This unit will run off my existing power supply, which is huge and connects to the heads using HV cable.
Cheers.