[pure-silver] Re: 510 Volt battery?

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Charles Ellis

Chris Ellinger wrote:

Since the list is quiet I'll ask. I bought an auction lot last week. One of the items is supposed to be a Honeywell flash. This is the thing. The battery is/was supposedly 510 volts. I downloaded a manual for a similar model using the same manual. Recharge was something like 2 seconds with the battery. 18 seconds plugged into the wall outlet -) I'm wondering just how common were those mega batteries? I'm not intending to use the thing but I am curious.



That was an Eveready #497 carbon-zinc battery. I think there were several flashes that used it. There were other high voltage batteries used in electronic flashes. The Graflex Stroboflash used two 225 volt #489 batteries.


It was while poking around a disassembled Stroboflash on a repair bench that I learned about the potential energy that could be stored in a capacitor....

Chris Ellinger
Ann Arbor, MI
USA

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