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Thanks very much.
May not be as easy as I thought since there are actually three cables to the flash tube. One to either end of the tube and another that wraps around the tube. All part of activating the gas to create a blast of light.
May not be as easy as I thought since there are actually three cables to the flash tube. One to either end of the tube and another that wraps around the tube. All part of activating the gas to create a blast of light.
A flash tube won't have any resistance to measure.
It only conducts when it flashes.
With multiple tubes, the energy is distributed between the tubes, so 2 tubes = 50% each, 3 = 33% each and so on.
That only works if the tubes are the same size and type.
Using a resistor instead of the tube(s) isn't likely to work, as the resistance will always be there, unlike a tube which only conducts for a brief time.
If this device uses a capacitor bank to charge to a high voltage, shoving a resistor across it will just prevent the capacitors charging.
It only conducts when it flashes.
Power supply at the ends, trigger connection around the tube.
With multiple tubes, the energy is distributed between the tubes, so 2 tubes = 50% each, 3 = 33% each and so on.
That only works if the tubes are the same size and type.
Using a resistor instead of the tube(s) isn't likely to work, as the resistance will always be there, unlike a tube which only conducts for a brief time.
If this device uses a capacitor bank to charge to a high voltage, shoving a resistor across it will just prevent the capacitors charging.
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Gentlemen and LGBTQ?+ (so a not to offend anyone!) Thanks the thoughts. Seems as if it is a bigger job than will really benefit me. Just have to move the light away a few feet or as suggested above, ND or even another diffusion sheet (throw a white sheet over the flash!)
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