Its working
Finally after much playing around and a massive learning curve I got it working.
Really this project started over 2 months ago and I have put way to many hours on it when I should be doing my Cisco exam revision.
Anyway, I resolved the continuous burning of the Xenon lamps by removing the full wave bridge and replacing it with a half wave i.e. a single diode.
It also has the added benefit of not heating the power resistor as much as the circuit only uses one half of the wave......
Now to test it rigorously, I will post a follow up update after a few shoots with it in the studio for those wanting to build this.
Which by the way if you do build this you do on your own back, I take no responsibility for you killing yourself or burning your house down or whatever may happen if you are not careful
. The caps can kill you when not even fully charged so be warned plus all other hazards that go with high voltage electronics.
Here is the final schematic.
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If you have multisim 10 then here is the project file
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