> Is this device looking like a repackaged HID lamp?
Curiously, it could still be gainful - which is not clear from the data.
BTW the operational data was supplied by the genius - Levi - deja vu all over
again.
OK - if we are not in some strange time warp, this collection of details begs
the all-important question - how efficient is the lamp, really?
A quick googling suggests these lamps can be very efficient especially in
specialty applications, IF radioactive materials are used.
Wiki-the-wise states: Some HID lamps make use of thorium and krypton-85 !
Krypton-85 is a gas and is mixed with argon, which is in the arc tube of the
lamp. The thorium is used in the electrodes. Notably ionized argon is a Mills
catalyst, which could make this a hybrid LENR device if it does test out to be
gainful.
Wiki: These isotopes produce ionizing radiation of alpha and beta type. This
radiation causes high ionization inside the lamp without being able to escape
from the lamp.[5] High ionisation makes arc starting via Townsend avalanche
much easier. Moreover, the presence of thorium in electrodes reduces the work
function which again results in easier arc starting and sustaining.The amount
of gamma radiation produced by the isotopes that can escape from the lamp is
negligible.[5]
