Low amperage single phase quartz flash?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Does such an animal exist?

[ebscreen]

Kurtis the main Roq tech was designing one a few months back.
 I think they may be out now, I thought I saw a blurb from Mrs Sexton.

[SI]

The ROQ flash or whatever they call it, was at NBM and I brought it home with me to test for a week after the show.  Has a foot pedal trigger or an optical sensor.  It was single phase, I didnt measure the amperage it took, but it worked amazing that much I can vouch for.

[SI]

HotROQ is the proper name, 50Amps

http://www.screenprinting.com/hot-roq-quartz-flash-dryer-9000-watt-1-phase-18-24

[Prosperi-Tees]

Yeah that seems pretty standard. Was just wondering if any could be used in a garage environment with normal home amperage and 50 amps is way too much.

[SI]

My shop  is in my garage and I run two 70 Amp flashes. plus a 80 amp electric dryer.  All it takes is upgrading your electrical service.    The Anatol flash I had ran at 45 Amps, I have not seen a quartz flash running lower amps than that.  The issue you have is quartz flash lamps are normally 1000 W or more, add enough to effectively cure flash a shirt and the amperage starts to climb.  We added a second 200A panel and upgraded 380 Meter base for $400 in the home shop. 

[Prosperi-Tees]

If my home has a 100 amp panel, what would be needed to run another in the garage which could be dedicated just to screen printing? Sounds expensive to me. How did you do that for $400? Do the work yourself?

[SI]

Yes I was an industrial electrician for the last 20 years before getting laid off in January.  If you have a 100Amp panel now, you should have a 200 amp meter base.  It would be a case of buying a 200 amp breaker panel, which should cost around $110-130.  And having your power cut to the house for a day while the old 100 amp is removed and the new one is installed.  This will give you 100 amps to the house, then you can run a 100 amp breaker and wire to your garage giving you 100 amps there.  If you went this route you would be out the cost of the 200 amp breaker panel, and 100 amp panel for the garage (heck you could use your old house 100 Amp) and the wire.

Then a 50 amp or whatever size required breaker needed for your new flash.  Depending on the length of cable you could DIY this for $200 safely.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Makes sense. Thank you.

[Steve Harpold]

Does such an animal exist?

Yes, Brown makes one of these as well.
208/240 25 amps single phase
As always let me know how I can help

[Prosperi-Tees]

Does such an animal exist?

Yes, Brown makes one of these as well.
208/240 25 amps single phase
As always let me know how I can help

Could it flash a 20" long print?

[Doug S]

If I were to get my energy service upgraded to 3 phase would I have to change anything in my existing equipment or would it automatically run with it being wired for single phase?

[Gilligan]

You are kind of asking for something that can't physically exist.  "Large" Flash that uses "Little amps" and is "single phase".  All of those things are going against each other.

Single phase raises the "amperage", and making it large also increases the amperage.

Flash back would probably be the only thing I could see that would make sense.  Fewer bulbs so less amperage.

[bimmridder]

And there are two Flashbacks for sale on the M&R site.

[Prosperi-Tees]

I wonder if the flashbacks on stands could be used on a manual. Do they have foot pedal or optical eye activation?