In the effort to produce your own Xenon strobe light there are some general guidelines you need to be aware of as to make sure you don't endanger yourself or other and to make sure that the terminated products functions properly.
For protection reasons a home made Xenon strobe light should be a small unit with under 20 watts power. The best recommended power supply for such a lighting tool should range in in the middle of 250 and 350 V. Any higher supply for the power storehouse capacitor will only present a higher risk to yourself and to the terminated product.
The trigger transformer should be chosen as to supply a 4 to 5 kV pulse output. This is the best option as too low of a trigger transformer power will not keep the flash and a too high power for the trigger and it may damage the colse to components.
Basic guidance can be offered by the flash tube's builder which state the maximum flash power and median power than can be used in its vicinity. If this flash tube comes from a separate piece of tool that uses noble gas based lighting and there are no specifications in regards to the maximum power use, stick to a maximum of 10W per inch power supply.
If you have a option pick a photo flash capacitor. an additional one pointer for the best results for your home made Xenon strobe light is to make the wiring in in the middle of the capacitor and the flash lamp as short as possible. This will heighten the speed of the trigger.
Throughout building this tool make sure you use protective gloves as not to come in direct sense with any high voltage components and at the same time make sure to separate them for supplementary safe use.
Make sure you don't forget to equip your home made xenon strobe light with a power switch which is also electrically isolated. Exact article over the basics of any noble gas bases strobe light can be found on the box they come in and you can use those diagrams to better guide yourself through the process.
To make your home made lighting tool as safe to control as potential try to reduce the potential radiation hazards by using a glass shield and acrylic made protective lenses for the strobe. These glass shield will reduce the wavelengths and filter the radiation which can damage your vision.
Home Made Xenon Strobe Light