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Power supply

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Photograph of a box-shaped instrument with buttons, knobs, fans, and a key.
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Detailed Description

The Applied Acoustics power supplies provide variable output energy, up to 2400 J per shot, by means of capacitor discharge.  They can be used for a range of seismic sound sources, from single boomer plates up to large sparkers.  The charging rate for the CSP-D units is up to 1500 J/s.

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Public Domain.