Camera Flash Stepping Up Transformer

[HFCOILCOMPANY]

I am hooking a 555 timer chip up to the hold down button and have it pulse the 1.5volts into the capacitor (Tap) into the capacitor then use another 555 to discharge the cap into a 300 volt capacitor and then keep taping using 555's into larger and larger capacitors using 555's, reed switches and other step up transformers.

At some point we boost the amps as we continue to boost the volts and when we do we can expect to run our cars and homes on rechargeable flashlight batteries.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@HFCOILCOMPANY Well that would be a great idea. The point is if we can continuously charge the battery with radiant energy.... it just might be possible :)

[969SobiasTokeS696]

SHit!!! 

literally just through out an old flash camera !! :/

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@969SobiasTokeS696 lol you can buy old ones with out of date film on Ebay really cheap :)

[Tanksta3]

Great videos, one of the few technology explanation videos that didn't put me to sleep halfway through :p Thanks for sharing!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@Tanksta3 Hey thanks Tansta! You're welcome. Have a great day :)

[gordinflon232425]

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[awesomelightning]

I wonder what that would feel like... I test things, sorta, that way. But you are too repetitive.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@awesomelightning oh ok lol you show me how to make a video ;)

[awesomelightning]

@MattBlytheTheOne I make crappy quality vids, since I am only 13, and I use a camera phone. So the best I can advise on the quality is a better camera. As for the repetitivity, I recommend having a script written in front of you (not visible to the camera) So you know what exactly you are saying. W also had got the point that it was a 1.5V AAA battery. We didn't need to see it a hundred thousand times. You also "Uhh"ed a lot. It should be flowing, like French. If you hit a pothole...out of space

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@awesomelightning Hey! This is just a video I knocked up one morning before I went and caught a ferry. I think it is rather good considering and anyways, you go and do better ;-) and thanks for your feedback!!

[awesomelightning]

@MattBlytheTheOne As I was saying... if you hit a pothole (Uhhs/ repetivity), your video won't be popular. Your information needs to be more detailed. It wasn't also a step-up transformer (what you described; I've seen a video of how flash photography works, and it uses 3 transformers and a very high voltage current to create the flash), it was a capacitor. Big difference. So all I am saying is to stop being repetitive and add substance. Also, cross-check your findings with internet sources. ^.^

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@awesomelightning My goal was never to be "popular" I just wanted to share some things I learned through research (playing around mostly). It IS a step transformer LOL. In fact TWO step up transformers tuned to oscillate raise the voltage from 1.5v to 330v and charge a capacitor, which then gets dumped through a trigger coil which in turn creates a 5kV spike - enough to ionise the gas in the flash tube. The BIG DIFFERENCE is I had 5 years at college ;-) lol this is just a hobby of mine.

[awesomelightning]

@MattBlytheTheOne i thought it was three. That's what it said on that "Deconstructed" episode.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@awesomelightning well there are three coils in the circuit, check out my video "Camera Flash Update" and in the description you can see the circuit diagram, although not all flash circuits are the same :)

[awesomelightning]

@MattBlytheTheOne oh :D yeah! I forgot its similar but not same.

[haz939]

I've been shocked by one of them camera's it really hurts lmao

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@haz939 up to 5KV quite a shocker lol take care

[joblessalex]

The whine is from the battery, not the transformer. Isolate the battery and listen

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@joblessalex why would the battery whine? If I use the battery in other applications it does not whine. It is the oscillation in the circuit then. It doesn't whine when I switch my torch on.... ;)

[joblessalex]

@MattBlytheTheOne IDK I thought that at first too. I just used wires on the battery and the sound was louder with my ear near the battery than the board try it and you will see.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@joblessalex Ok but the resonance must be being set up in the circuit? Interesting phenomenon though, everyone knows the camera flash unit whines but what is really going on?? :)

[mrprofile101]

@MattBlytheTheOne That whine is from the little transformer inside for some reason its little copper coils vibrate very very frequently, making that noise, kind of like how a xylophone makes its sound. big transformers that power your house make this sound, only on a much much lower buzzzz

[MattBlytheTheOne]

thank swat I thought :)

[devinmccloud]

There is probably 2 transformers in that camera bringing it up to that voltage. And yes. it's using two transformers and a capacitor.

[AmtrakBoy42]

its not a step up transformer, its just the charge building up in the capacitor over time

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@AmtrakBoy42 hi, It steps up the voltage from a 1.5v "AAA" battery to a wopping 5KV (5000volts) definitely some stepping up going on in there!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@AmtrakBoy42 see the video response entitled "Let there be light" :)

[xRANDOMxxGUYx]

I've done the same thing except i touched the connector of the capacitor connection while it was charging (im 13 rather stupid thing to do) i didn't realize what great power such a small thing had! I shocked myself quite badly. It burnt through my skin and left a needle sized hole!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@xRANDOMxxGUYx yeah be careful the shock can be worse if you touch each contact with different hands, the conducting path then becomes the fastest path between your hands. Be greatful it was just a little burn :)

[xXxBUNNYxBiTCHxXx]

@xRANDOMxxGUYx SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME LOL

[Notrichardsea]

@xRANDOMxxGUYx Yup me too was just arsing round with one of these and had no idea how powerful that thing was lol. Unlucky, ive felt your pain lol

[Markitos203]

I got the shock of a life time when i was little from one of those.. i took some nasty shocks from MSD racing coils but not compared to the camera at all. I'm an electronic engineer now after all that messing around.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

@Markitos203 cool can you design a radiant energy capturing device/transmitter :)

[coilsinamotor]

its actually 80 uf

[GearzVoNKod3]

"what else this technology could be used for?"... theres alot of stuff on here of people making coil guns, rail guns, EMP, tasers, and spud gun triggers with it lol

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I know but that wasn't my intention! I was thinking more like high power torches for a fraction of the battery power or an emergency lighting system....

[vince086]

I shorted the ends of the capacitor and it left 2 white burn marks where it touched me for 3 weeks. Those cameras scare the crap out of me!!!

A friend and I put 7 of those caps in parallel and the spark from it is incredible

!!!!!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

better to use the camera for making pictures eh? still scary but more fun ;)

/watch?v=TgNayY-kZno

[vince086]

will have to agree with you on that point :)

[Pyromadness]

actually the charge from the capacitor discharge cannot kill. the caapicitor itself charges up to around 320v with a tiny amp rating. however, the capacitor discharges through a step up transformer producing a pulse of several KV's. the shock hurts a bit and can burn u but cannot kill - i no since i made a taser out of this.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I wouldn't bet your life on it ! thanks for the comment...

[tech4pros]

i shorted the capacitor in one of these and it went BANG and melted 3mm off the end of my pliers. the charge is huge and incredibly powerful, and CAN KILL.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hmm....! the output power spike is as much as 55W at 5kV that is 0.011A. I shorted the mains contacts on a cooker once and it blew a 2mm hole in my screwdriver that is 240V at 30A = 7.2kW so I guess it is relative ;-)

/watch?v=A3liJJo5uDc

[willict311]

i smelled the after smell of the capctior explosion

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi will, I cooked a small coil yesterday, the smell of the insulation burning is unmistakeable!

[MrWombatPPC]

I used a similar thing on a car alarm that i made years ago. I had to make special contacts on the door handle and a mini micro switch to activate the handle. 330volt.. Pow... worked great for a while till the cap gave up. Still it was god fun.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

God Fun ? he he

[MrWombatPPC]

Ya it was. I now just use a double wound coil, and that doesnt fail. Plus it doent need to be on all the time. instant charge as the thing is powered up. :-)

Thats used in my toy wire game. hoop over a bent wire, and the hoop needts to be fed over the wire without touching the guide wire. or ZAP !.. :-)

[MattBlytheTheOne]

lol most people just ring a bell ;)

[MrWombatPPC]

haha. Ya. No Pain no Gain ;-)

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Good Pun! Pain is just your mind's way of yelling "you made a mistake!" If we never tried and never made a mistake we would probably never learn the lesson that stops the suffering :)

[sciencekid17]

if you wish to know what step up transformars are used for look no further there used in neon signs,microwaves,car sterios and more for more subscribe!

[skierplaterandy]

i remember my first encounter with an open flash camera. i didntknow what a capacitor was and so i took the baterey out so i thought it was fine (i knew the whine and the fact it had to charge meant something so i took the battery out) but i had the capacitor charged and i touched it and threw it across the room (it was a good shock by a pointy peice on the board too) i had a burn for almost a week, it hurt like hell.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

powerful lesson! take better care next time :)

[skierplaterandy]

yep. i recently got 2 more cameras so i could power some curcuits and out of all my fiddling i only got a very minor shock once. (i rty to discharge it with pliers before touching the board at all)

[rgsgww]

Reminds me of when I miswired that capacitor....just discovered it before it let the magic smoke out.

[Kcy101]

I still remember the day i told one of those apart, My first shock :) with many more to come

[MattBlytheTheOne]

yip handle with care!

[Kcy101]

LOL, i just conected a 9volt to one, sopper fast charging :) :)

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Let There Be Light :) /watch?v=N-Va2HE9ldQ

[tjhynson]

i took this circuit board out of my camera and for some reason it will no longer work. And I have NO idea why. Can u help?

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Maybe you damaged the board or a component when you removed it from the camera? Is the battery OK?

[tjhynson]

ok so I got a new camera. It turns out there was a crack on the circuit board. Do you know if it is possible to use just the step up transformer. I was going to use it on a electromagnet where I am only allowed to use a 1.5V battery. If so do you know where I would connect the electromagnet?

[MattBlytheTheOne]

you could repair the crack with solder. If you use just the step up transormers you would need to take the capacitor out of the circuit and connect your electromagnet where the capacitor was, but it wouldn't give much current without storing up the charge with a capacitor... let us know how you get on?

[MattBlytheTheOne]

if you leave the cap in the circuit just connect the e/magnet across the contacts of the capacitor and make sure the magnet rating can handle 330v :)

[jmmaroli]

I took the flash system out. The capacitor is rated 330v and 100 micro F. It makes one big spark if you put a metal screwdriver in the capacitor leads.

[Drevtoobe]

I can see Matt that you are fascinated by these things. Please keep in mind that you are looking at 100-year-old technology.

"I am wondering what else this technology could be used for?"

Just look around... this technology is so old that you are not even aware of it's existence, it has blended into the background.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi, I am fascinated by technology in general and Tesla IS a genious! Lots of his breakthroughs are still to be understood and integrated into existance! Could you give us some examples of Tesla Tuned Circuits that I might see by "looking around?"

[Drevtoobe]

I know that I am being a downer, but in the real world we are living in, perhaps some technology we use bears a direct lineage to Tesla, but in reality very very little. I studied electrical engineering (I know that might make me a "bad" guy) and Tesla's name never came up once in four years of study.

There is a whole cult of Tesla that tries to reproduce experiments that are non-starters because other, better technology does the job right now in the real world.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

lol you are not being a downer and I cannot see how studying electrical engineering makes you a "bad guy" ! I appreciate a down to earth perspective and I agree with you that Tesla is STILL a well kept secret...

[Drevtoobe]

In my opinion Tesla had some interesting ideas, but they now date back 100 years. It's not so much that he is a "well kept secret", he just has a cachet and has created a huge buzz among the alternative energy crowd.

Switching gears, I have not seen a single clip on YouTube that demonstrates free energy or over unity. I know that you disagree. They are either con jobs to steal money or good-intentioned amateurs that don't really understand what they are doing. Such is life!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

sure like his tower that drew "millions of volts" from the atmosphere! And flourescant light bulbs that lit up when they touched the ground 100's of meters from any source of electricity? I wonder what happened to those patents...

...maybe they don't really understand, or maybe WE don't really understand?

[SthealthRaider]

Hey u can make a electric ignitor whit that u know?

[MattBlytheTheOne]

...ignitor? spot welder more like ;)

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Todays technology is only better because it works (is understandable) from our current system of thinking. I believe the world will take a quantum leap in consciousness before Tesla's ideas come to full understanding.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I was just impressed that a standard 1.5v alkaline battery could be stepped up to over 300v with enough power to create a bang! Most people think of 1.5v batteries as being reasonably harmless in voltage terms.

[Drevtoobe]

I am going to be a bit of a party pooper for you. I know that "Tesla Tuned Circuits" sounds very sexy and all of that. However, the flash circuit including the oscillator has little or nothing to do with Tesla, it's just an example of electronics in action.

There is no tuning, just some sort of very inexpensive oscillator circuit to pulse an inductor which then charges a capacitor to 300 volts. It looks pretty magical to you but it's really and truly not.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

so you are saying it does not matter what frequency the oscillator runs at, the results are the same, whatever!

[Drevtoobe]

Yes, it does not matter what frequency the oscillator runs at. The actual frequency in working devices probably can vary up to +/- 30%. They must build it cheap, and cheap rules, and the frequency truly has no impact on the operation.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

yup! sounds just like a Tesla Tuned Circuit to me, sexy until it hurts ;)

[sirmikeydotcom]

MintyBoost:

Boosts 1volt battery to 3.5 volts

/watch?v=eN3EYBxia6U

[calfellows59]

Free Electricity 90v, 200ma, 13watts

/watch?v=Kdup42Epq0o

Sound Waves Create Electricity 56 Volts

/watch?v=aFSwQouGPcA

One will power the other

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Thanks! This one is pretty good too ;)

/watch?v=IIxzeWkF59Q

[calfellows59]

Free 90v, 200ma, 15watts

/watch?v=Kdup42Epq0o

[Drevtoobe]

I looked at this clip and it is a fake. Feel free to have a look at my comments on the clip itself.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi, I don't believe this is fake! it seems to be a simple case of generating electricity by winding coils around a standard mains cable (basically) "Don't worry you are not stealing power from the grid, all you are doing is removing the free static electric charge x 60hz that surrounds the hot supply black wire, that is all." feel free to discuss on the clip itself thanks!

[Drevtoobe]

The bottom line is this: If you take the plug out of the wall socket, the device will then not be able to light up the Christmas lights. The power IS coming from the wall socket. Please don't "force" you to believe what you want to believe, just look at the facts.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

lol what if he wound the coil around the black wire behind the plug socket!

[calfellows59]

The Austrailian Lutec Generator is now very close to market, claiming 362% efficiency, will power house or electric car. If this device holds up to it's claims, then it looks like the secret is already out.

/watch?v=SvB3PiPBozU

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I love the Australians! They are such a pioneering bunch!

[Drevtoobe]

The Lutec generator is a complete and total fake. Look up "lutec fraud" on Google.

Trust me, there is no Lutec generator in existence, and there will never be one. It was all a professional con from 2001 to get money from gullible investors. Here we are in 2008 and nothing.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

As far as I know it is a simple magnetic motor generator, it is not the only one in existance. Strange how the technology has not been released to date...

[Drevtoobe]

Here is the crux of the issue: There is no such thing as a magnetic motor generator. I know it may be hard to wrap you mind around the fact that you can't get energy from an array of magnets. The truth is that magnets are as dead as doornails when it comes to producing energy by themselves. People are simply deceived because they see magnets in motors and see them stuck to fridge doors and think there must be something there. Lutec is exploiting this fact to con money from people.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

To put it simply, two magnets held together by the same poles will repell each other, and that requires energy! If you use the magnets to rotate a stator which produces electricty then I guess they have a purpose. We all agree as far as we can see!

[Drevtoobe]

Hi very nice chatting with you but this will be my last comment tonight.

"To put it simply, two magnets held together by the same poles will repell each other, and that requires energy!"

Yes, two magnets pushing apart seem indeed to be a source of energy. You actually answered the question without realizing it.

"that requires energy." YES, and YOU provided the energy in the first place by bringing the magnets together with your hands!!! Try to see that!! Magnets are invisible springs!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

OK, and if you anchor those magnets in place and let them go then...well you have a permanent source of energy!

Thanks for your input :)

[MattBlytheTheOne]

...and what exactly holds the magnet to the fridge door?

[Drevtoobe]

Let me put it another way: If I gave you two blocks of wood with a spring on one face of each block and told you they were a source of energy you would look at me like I was crazy. Hey look! I pick up the blocks, line up the springs, push in and they push back!

"OK, and if you anchor those magnets in place and let them go then...well you have a permanent source of energy! "

Not really, let them go where? When you try to go full-circle with an array of magnets you get zero.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Great metaphor! I never thought of two blocks of wood and a piece of string as a permanent source of free energy! This is one of my favs /watch?v=jYcjjSfiNNE no doubt you will have a angle on it?!

[Drevtoobe]

It's a fake from January of this year. It's akin to a child pushing all of the buttons in an elevator, except this time the author of the clip watched in glee as hundreds of people spent thousands of hours trying to replicate it, all to no avail. It's most likely powered by an electromagnet under the table and optically triggered.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

"most likely"! ;) you are making assumptions and as we both know those are not scientific facts!

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I believe Steor pioneered a magnetic motor? To think that something with an obvious powerful energy source is "useless" is pure arrogance!

[SthealthRaider]

where did u make the contact?? whit the pen

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi there are two sets of contacts, the first one I make with my fingers charges the circuit to about 330v, the one I make with the pen ionises the gas (in the flash) and fires the flash unit. See the video response for more detail /watch?v=A3liJJo5uDc

[MattBlytheTheOne]

oh yeah! I would not recommend touching the contacts when the circuit is charged! you might get quite a shock!!

[calfellows59]

The Testatica Whimhurst machine uses some secret trick to turn static into strong steady powerful current. 230 volts at 13 amperes for a 3kw rating, pulsed DC. Several devices splitting/building/storing power at once, and a few other tricks:

/watch?v=X716LyxEf2I

[MattBlytheTheOne]

thanks for the link, I thought you were joking when you said "testicula whimhurst" ;) do you feel the world is "spiritually ready" for that technology?

[calfellows59]

Lutec Generators Stacked!

/watch?v=F4qjZocje0c&NR=1

[calfellows59]

One guy is saying that the Testatica possibly uses fairly harmless slightly radioactive mountain crystals, excited by the static wheel.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I read somewhere that the Japanese have found a crystal that generates a voltage similar to the electrinium battery only the effect is found naturally in nature.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

..Or maybe to generate High Voltage to power hand held torches with Low Energy/Ultra Violets bulbs?

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

the flash caps go up to 800uf actually. I have got about 20, I have them in a bank charged by a few charging circets for my coil gun, and soon to be for my Tesla coil

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi, do you know what the voltage is across the cap when it is fully charged?

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

about 330v

[MattBlytheTheOne]

holy smoke! not bad from a 1.5v battery eh?

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

not bad at all =)

[kainhall]

me and my friends at boy scout camp tore apart 1 and we tuched it and it would hirt like hell. TRY IT! your friend has a right to scream like a girl

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi, well the point was to demonstrate that a reasonable voltage charge could be generated from a very small battery, not to use it as an instrument of torture! I was thinking maybe we could use the technology in cars to charge a capacitor for the starter motor. That way we would need a far smaller battery and it would last longer :) Anyway arn't you a little old for boy scouts? ;)

[Tuborg2645]

i believe you misunderstood things...

the battery wouldnt last longer..

The same amount of energy is required, it doenst matter if you use 1.5 volt and step it up, og use 12 volt... you cant cheat nature..

Energy is energy...

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi, I was thinking that if you used a smaller rechargeable battery and stepped it up and stored the charge, then used that charge to turn the starter motor then it might be more efficient? Anyway I wasn't cheating! Thinking isn't cheating...

[Tuborg2645]

You need the realise that there is more than volt in the world.

the amps play a significant part in this.

1.5 og 12V battery... doesnt matter, the energy (Watt, Joule/sec, or whatever you prefer to call it) required to run something is still the same. you should know that from your physics class... :-)

[MattBlytheTheOne]

Well I understand the principle but the tuned oscillator is producing a lot of power (55watts 3-5kV pulse on flash), maybe the circuit is drawing energy from the vaccum and the battery is acting like a dipole. My physics class was a long time ago ;)

[jezzaforever123]

Mmmm..

Those damn amps, they tought me a lesson to take a little more care when fiddling around with capacitors

[elpimp21]

how hard does it really shock you if you do touch it ¿?... i know my friend touched it once he was screaming like a lil girl but i thought he was kidding

[MattBlytheTheOne]

I have a video I am finishing showing the charge nearly blowing two holes through the end of a metal tipped pen! But don't take my word for it... ;)

[xwyatt321]

i'm very interested in learning some of the theory behind this tesla-esque circuit design, as i am trying to replicate something nearly in an experimental circuit, do you know any good books on the subject?

[MattBlytheTheOne]

hi, this is something I discovered because I wanted to see how the cameras flash technology operated. I just wanted to get it "out there" and share so that others could conduct their own research. Best of luck with your experiment!

[peb187]

ok, I found out the hard way of just what a shock these things can give. Mt friend touched the contact behind the flash and gave him a huge shock. He screamed at me and asked why I tackled him. He thought i punched him in the face. Ounch!!

[celestialsam]

I've always wanted to strip one of those disposable cameras.

[MattBlytheTheOne]

...it was fun! just be careful not to touch the contacts of the capacitor when it is charged :)