SCA-2008 simmer board

A simmer board or a simmer supply is a device that strikes and maintains low-current discharge in a flashlamp to increase the lamp’s lifetime and operation stability.

The SCA-2008 simmer board is powered from 200-240 V AC mains. It includes all necessary circuits not only for maintaining of low-current discharge, but also for simmer ignition as well: a built-in gas discharger for high-voltage and high-energy trigger pulse production and an auxiliary 1400 V open-circuit voltage supply. An ignition transformer is not included in the SCA-2008 and sold separately.

The simmer current can be adjusted from 300 to 800 mA (150-400 mA for low-current version) using the on-board potentiometer. In case of current interruption, the automatic simmer ignition will restrike with approximately 3 Hz repetition rate, until the discharge is restored.

The simmer supply can be used in laser systems either with series or external triggering without any changes.

No external cooling is required.

Please, also pay attention to the:

• SBZ-2008 +24V DC simmer board
• SBZ-3008 +24V DC simmer supply encased module, for large flashlamps or two flashlamps connected in series, 150-1300 mA simmer current range, different models available.
• SCA-3008 200-240 V AC simmer encased module, for large flashlamps or two flashlamps connected in series