lol thats awesome that you lit a candle with it. you should burn stuff with this thing like use it to set things on fire. I could think of plenty of uses for this rig.
Use an ohmmeter to determine what's connected to what. The two pins with the least resistance between them will be your primary, the highest resistance; the secondary, and choose a separate loop for the feedback coil. You may need to try both polarities for the feedback coil; it will only work one way.
I think the performance depends mostly on the flyback itself. The one I used was an unmodified, relatively small unit from an old Apple monitor. What'd you pull yours out of?
yeah somewhat poor performance... I managed to get ~50kV from a flyback transformer before the driving electronics broke down. Now I built a stable version that runs at 30kV :) keep going
hmm.. I've been messing with a flyback still connected to the circuit board from a small tv. it works just fine in there but a separate box for it would be sweet. but i was just wondering if there is a name for the purple glow when the probes far distance, it makes a hiss sound but there is no arc really going on.
Looks like you have a nice flyback in that box, don't waste its potenial with that shittacular circuit. Its pretty much the worse you can get. Google "ZVS flyback driver" you should be able to easily get 4 inch arcs. I've been able to get 2 inches first light up using a small flyback from a computer monitor with that circuit. Where as the one on powerlabs achieved maybe 1cm.
I know the one-transistor circuit is terrible. It was for a school project and needed to be cheap, easy to assemble, etc. and I had the parts lying around already. I will eventually try some improved driver circuits.
The output voltage is about 18-20KV. The 12V supply current is ~1.3 amps, so at (guessing here) 70% efficiency, that's about 1/2 a milliamp output at 20KV.
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scrapkilla321 1 year ago
its a fucking farting seal lol :59
scrapkilla321 1 year ago
1:01 to 1:14 sounds like me in the toilet LOL
Eduardo26703 1 year ago
If you touch phase, please dont touch the ground. You will go to the hospital.
TheError404 2 years ago 3
@TheError404 I will never connect flyback grouns to real ground .
TheError404 1 year ago
lol thats awesome that you lit a candle with it. you should burn stuff with this thing like use it to set things on fire. I could think of plenty of uses for this rig.
coondogtheman1234 2 years ago
excellent slow-mo stuff.
morpher44 2 years ago
oh and nice vid
SmashCOBamberg 3 years ago
it was 1000 times saver to hold the grounding, not the hv output!!!!!!
SmashCOBamberg 3 years ago
and even tho it was switched off, the hv was fulllll of electrons
ottowaton 2 years ago
Just so you know EVERYTHING is full of electrons. Electrons that do not flow do nothing.
AlessandroAUS 2 years ago
i put 5 ls to more than u would wont to have in you, and yess i no every thing is full of electrons...
ottowaton 2 years ago
touch it
audunmann 3 years ago
I had to turn the volume down at the end cuz I didnt want the people in the office next to mine to think I had really bad gas...
Screwhammmer 3 years ago
lol!
Littl3W 3 years ago
Looks like a very expensive way to light a candle.
BenHutchinson1 3 years ago
lol i've made one of these for 0$ from junk television parts
Zeglr 3 years ago
please can you tell how do you identify the feedback, primary coil and secondary base pins on a 15 pin flyback? please reply
SKarmytech 3 years ago
you wind your own on the ferrite core
theroastedpotatoman 3 years ago
Use an ohmmeter to determine what's connected to what. The two pins with the least resistance between them will be your primary, the highest resistance; the secondary, and choose a separate loop for the feedback coil. You may need to try both polarities for the feedback coil; it will only work one way.
aaronparks 3 years ago
that bringme some good memories, specially the sound.
sebass316 4 years ago
is it for sale or any one have one for sale or no how to make it let me no thanks
kasjv 4 years ago
good one, build it into a mini jacobs ladder and get a good snap at the top.
DIGIBOYTV 4 years ago
that must run off a timer based circuit lol pretty cool but i think the self resinator circuits are better mad flyback.:)
98209276 4 years ago
Lmao the slow motion part sounded like a fart ! but yea was a good vid 5 stars from me !
metalmaniacemg 4 years ago
thats a pretty small probe...insulation leak could be preetty sharp shock tingle,yse?thanks for vid
TRACTORUM 4 years ago
That's why I use a panavise to hold one probe!
aaronparks 4 years ago
hmmm, i wonder why your sparks are so small? with the single transistor driver i made i could get arcs 5-6cm long???
someperson12345678 4 years ago
I think the performance depends mostly on the flyback itself. The one I used was an unmodified, relatively small unit from an old Apple monitor. What'd you pull yours out of?
aaronparks 4 years ago
yeah somewhat poor performance... I managed to get ~50kV from a flyback transformer before the driving electronics broke down. Now I built a stable version that runs at 30kV :) keep going
hboy007 4 years ago
hmm.. I've been messing with a flyback still connected to the circuit board from a small tv. it works just fine in there but a separate box for it would be sweet. but i was just wondering if there is a name for the purple glow when the probes far distance, it makes a hiss sound but there is no arc really going on.
prometheus53189 5 years ago
I believe it's called coronal discharge. Wikipedia has a good article about it.
aaronparks 5 years ago
Thanks for your reply, It was exactly what I was thinking about.
prometheus53189 4 years ago
Looks like you have a nice flyback in that box, don't waste its potenial with that shittacular circuit. Its pretty much the worse you can get. Google "ZVS flyback driver" you should be able to easily get 4 inch arcs. I've been able to get 2 inches first light up using a small flyback from a computer monitor with that circuit. Where as the one on powerlabs achieved maybe 1cm.
AlessandroAUS 5 years ago
Thanks for the circuit reference!
I know the one-transistor circuit is terrible. It was for a school project and needed to be cheap, easy to assemble, etc. and I had the parts lying around already. I will eventually try some improved driver circuits.
aaronparks 5 years ago
Hey, wow 2 years since I posted that comment. I eventually took a video of my zvs flyback driver, it's on my channel page. You should check it out.
AlessandroAUS 2 years ago
Those squawkin screamin sparks have kinda an annoying sound, but, they are cool to watch! :)
tall32guy 5 years ago
I agree... Very annoying. Very loud.
aaronparks 5 years ago
Hahaha! :)
tall32guy 5 years ago
Even though I hate physics, being a science student, this is cool experiment
egale1xm 5 years ago
This is awesome! I love experiments like this one! Also very good video quality!
Karelke2000 5 years ago
aaronparks.
What is the Amperage and Voltage?.
alexbeta124 5 years ago
The output voltage is about 18-20KV. The 12V supply current is ~1.3 amps, so at (guessing here) 70% efficiency, that's about 1/2 a milliamp output at 20KV.
aaronparks 5 years ago