The Flashpoint Flash Tube for the Rapid 1200 Flash Head is a spare tube or replacement part for the powerful monolight. The flashtube consists of a hermetically sealed glass tube, filled with xenon gas, and electrodes to carry an electrical current throughthe ionized gas. The flashlamp comes to you ready for installation. All you have to do to replace the strobe element is to insert the electrode poles into the head sockets and wrap the trigger wire around the ground tabs of the head. Take care to deplete the capacitors of the flash by unplugging it from all energy sources, pushing the open flash/test button to clear the charge, and wear protective gloves to keep oils of the glass surface, before attempting removing any flashtube The 1200ws AC powered monolight champions at recycling, scoring a blazing 0.05-0.9 second 102GN full power charge with total R2 wireless remote radio integration built in, to interface with all of the R2 Family of products.