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I think some lamps used for cinematography are a type of arc lamp (Xenon long-arc-lamps), and range to around 100kW apparently! Curious about the safety of those as you mention ozone + UV (I guess if it's sealed you don't get ozone?).

e.g. - http://www.luminyscorp.com/index.php/100k-linear-2/



Inert gas in there. But some old search light WW2 style lamps were open arc. (The classic Batman light) were open arc and a huge rod. Read a story about adjusting the distance between rods because the carbon would slowly get eaten.


Even with a modern short-arc lamp and an electronic ballast, you can get a little whiff of ozone when the lamp starts, I'm not sure what the mechanism is.




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