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I put together a quick and dirty TEA N2 laser today. I told a friend I’d help him build an N2 from scratch this weekend so I just wanted to make sure I could do it once again. I picked up a new 60lb tank of nitrogen as my last tank was emptied some time [...]

Continue Reading Quick and Dirty TEA N2 Laser

Tags: gas, laser, Nitrogen, TEA

I picked up some EG&G Thryatron drivers today at a good price from a local surplus shop in town. I don’t go to the surplus shop as often as I should, there’s always interesting things moving in and out of that place and to catch them you really have to check often. I am somewhat [...]

Continue Reading Found Some New Toys - EG&G TM-29 Thyratron Triggers

Tags: Electronics, High Voltage, power supply, Thyratron

I got the TEA N2 laser put together in its original form, well. Somewhat, at least electrically it’s all in form. The thyratron is working great as well as the trigger circuit but the laser will not lase. It occasionally arcs over the electrodes, but it’s not producing a proper discharge. I think something is [...]

Continue Reading TEA N2 Laser Progress

Tags: High Voltage, laser, Nitrogen, power supply, TEA

The TEA N2 Laser which was gifted to me by a friend several years ago has had my attention for the last couple of days.  I believe I have most of the components to make this work, right now I am just trying to understand how the circuit works and how it all wires together.  [...]

Continue Reading Gifted TEA N2 Progress

Tags: laser, Nitrogen, Schematics, TEA