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FrozenGate by Avery

Casio diode turret of doom

24W of non-coherent light isn't as dangerous as 24W of laser light, even considering the beam dimensions, right? light waves in phase = more energy converted into heat in the target.

That looks cool. We need those here in Australia to zap all the illegal boat people... *kidding*
 





If it's focused, 'normal' light can be just as dangerous. I've melted many a penny with just sunlight after all. However it's not possible to keep non-coherent light in a narrow low divergence beam. So any projected non coherent source is going to diverge fast enough to not be a hazard unless your point blank at the source.
 
I'd turn it down to 75% for longer life :tinfoil:

*note to self -- Need 110V backpack :whistle:

Peace,
dave
 
jupiter8 said:
24W of non-coherent light isn't as dangerous as 24W of laser light, even considering the beam dimensions, right?
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Wrong, basically.

Its all about how much light enters your eye. Coherence doesnt mater much at all, and if you would take a hit from a laser show, chances are you are beyond coherence lenght anyway.
 
power is the same regardless of coherence. The thing that matters ( as others have said ) is the power density at the retina. I'm pretty sure that if you could withstand the blast from a nuclear bomb the light from it would blind you, even though it is not coherent.
 
I totally agree, but people seem to flip out on safety concerns when the source is a laser, but don't bother to think twice if the source is a halogen lamp or something similar.

Staring into the sun, or into a car highbeam point blank are also hazardous activities, but noone seems to care at all since they seem so common they cannot pose a hazard.
 
I havent seen any of those in operation, but i'm sure they must have been something like a welding arc on a pole ;)
 
Back in the day (and maybe even still) big searchlights like you might see at important events or grand openings were carbon arc.
 
Mostly WW-2 era searchlights employed carbon arcs, but so did early european street and stage lights.
 
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