We’ve visited the Lumafield industrial computed tomography scanner previously in “Exploring Sealed Apollo Hardware with an Industrial Computed Tomography Scanner” on 2022-08-11. Now, Adam Savage drops by Lumafield with two trophies from his electronic tube collection: a photomultiplier tube and high-power (25,000 volt, 1000 ampere!) hydrogen thyratron, revealing their internal structure and exploring how they work.
Who knew that a hydrogen thytratron makes its own hydrogen?