by dante » Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:23 am 
Oh propably U wondering what it is ^^ , no it is not brain vaporizing machine,
It is a Flash unit for some experiments with photography ^^
Its fully working, and awsome.. ok now more details.
I tooked some cheap one use able camera, and tooked it apart, I added some wires to test if it is wokring and how it is working, I changed small lamp that was inside for aliitle stronger one, but I didnt changed condensator to bigger one becouse i need it to consume not much power and work less powerfully but more time-fully, i mean longer.
Hm I added switches to power and test,
and also made a exhoust for manual switch at end of looong wire so i can fire it up and not been noticed on camera pictures.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7VRvM7IJjg/T ... G_2367.JPG
and i added ofcourse exhoust for photo cell - i made one but i need more parts..
i will build this module next few days ^_^ i lefted place and cable pin connector for it ^_^ - with photo cell i can fire this lamp just by fireing up build in or already connected other lamp unit ^_^ at same time.
oh i almost forgot , about power - the power is as u can see double AAbatteries , but this component can take any power form 1,2V(or even less) to 6V (i didnt tried more becouse the loading time of condensator is rlly qiuck and dont need to make it faster) hm
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XjEzu_K-x4Y/T ... G_2371.JPG
What now? well the idea was to go Anywhere and light up everything around with this lamp ^_^ it should look strange and awsome, specially if i will use some HDR tech. to merge few pictures at once.. but i will see ^ ^
Oh what is a diffrence from standard lamp? well as u can see
on the top i placed lamp CREAZY so it is lighting up 360degrees all around it , and normal lamps? they have shield around so it is shining only in one direction.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r6-t-hQ3WIw/T ... G_2378.JPG
I warn everybody that will try this, U can get schocked during this build by high voltage 330V or even more, be carefull, I also suggest to be carefull to not touch too long with hot iron impulse generatro,lamp cathode anode and fusion(i mean cold starter or whatever u can call it fusion) becouse they are very veeery sensetive, so do it as quickly as u can, u burned just two parts and get schocked 4 times XD oh and wear glasees during tests becouse one spark of high voltage can melt some metal on that plate- so it can explode right inside ur eye, wchich can be unhealthy. ^ ^ I repaired in my live about 20 old lamps and upgraded some otherz so dont worry it is not as dangerous as u can imagine right now, but use safe rules and U will be just fine
^ ^ Cheers
ps
bigger images u can find at my blog - http://whitekira.blogspot.com/2011/08/3 ... raphy.html just click on thumbail of photo to enlarge it ^ ^
If someone need advice or any help with this type of components ask me I will try to halp ^_^
( If U cant wait just ask me on my blog in comments - i will be noticed ^_^ )
For science ^_^
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