On Dec 15, 2006, at 1:38 AM, tachyon_1@email.com wrote:

> Wire the cap up in place
> of the existing one, and wire the coil to the flash output.

Strobes don't really have a "flash output"; the cap is connected
directly across the flash tube.  The flash tube just doesn't flash
until it gets the trigger signal on its third electrode.  So getting
a high current pulse is somewhat problematic (most mechanics switches
don't do so well with short high current pulses.)

Fortunately, you can actually use the strobe tube itself as a
switch, which makes things pretty easy.

I don't know if the magnitude of the EMP is going to be enough to
fry RFID circuits, though...

BillW
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