Re: Ampliphone HV-other options?!

From: Zonn <zonn_at_zonn.com>
Date: Tue Jun 15 1999 - 00:12:37 EDT

On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 01:23:07 GMT, solarfox@texas.net wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:28:08 GMT, you wrote:
>
>>Cool! That would be fun to see! (From a distance of course..)
>>
>>I was under the impression the HVT was using something like 5ma!! Making the
>>whole thing about a 100w supply, which seemed real high, but I just had no idea
>>how much current it takes to get an electron to travel through a vacuum. (Had I
>
> The electron traveling through the vacuum _is_ the current. The
>_voltage_ is what provides the force to make it go.

Some people are so literal!

I meant "I had no idea how much current is used to light up many phosphorus dots
sequentially, on the inside of a vacuum sealed glass tube, at a rate of
15.575khz horizontally and 60hz vertically (for about 200 scanned lines, +/-
some overscanning), given a 25" surface (measured diagonally, with a given ratio
of 3 to 4), and maintaining a visually 'bright' display. The phosphorus type I
believe to be of the P2 variety, though I might be mistaken here."

Better? ;^)

-Zonn

(Thanks for keeping me honest!)
Received on Mon Jun 14 23:06:38 1999

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