The newer ones will work it is just that some need a capacitor in the line . That was the point of the video : to show the next stage from what other people had shown could be done with the old ones
The new Flybacks give out the same HV as the old ones
@zezimashock - look up neon store in you phone book or signs and buy a neon sign transformer for 30$ and you dont need to build anything, and never heats up and you can draw 3 inch sparks starting at 1 ich, mine is 12kv, at it is meant for pulling arcs on and you can run it over night and will be stone cold in the morning
the reason the arcs are biggger when you add the series capacitor is because the flyback is at resonance, so this is a LC cuircut. so bascicly the transformer is at resonance and will let more energy into the flyback its kind of hard to ecpalin
well done too! I have a 18W lineal CFL lamp. I think disarm the CFL and connect with my AC Flyback. But I have better results with my DC flyback transformer. They have a high voltage diode built in and a high voltage capacitor.
The set up was photographed / filmed at the time of the tests so what ever you see is how it happened
The CFL "electronic ballast" board has four wires normally connected to the Fuorescent Lamp tubes
One of each pair of these are confirmed as "hot/live" and these are used to connect to the base pins you have established as the original primary coil -
If it is still unclear please feel free to e-mail me
@lilletizz
Glad you liked it and got it to work
You could now make a Jacobs ladder and then go on to Automobile Ignition coils which will take more amps - see my TESLA COIL ALSO
sparkfishes 2 years ago
i think you need to use the old type,
the newwer types do not give that much output :(
i tryed it with a older version and a newer one.
zezimashock 3 years ago
The newer ones will work it is just that some need a capacitor in the line . That was the point of the video : to show the next stage from what other people had shown could be done with the old ones
The new Flybacks give out the same HV as the old ones
sparkfishes 3 years ago
i know you need a cap in the line :)
olderones (here ) work better.
but still i get only 1 to 2 cm arc's :(
zezimashock 3 years ago
Try different values of Cap ( I think? that going smaller improved spark length)
Also get the Biggest value ( watts) CFL you can
- It is still not as good as driving the flyback with a separate driver and increasing the CURRENT
sparkfishes 3 years ago
i made a separate driver for my flyback :)
i think i am going to let those cfl thingies alone and focus on my flyback's driver more :)
zezimashock 3 years ago
You get more power if you drive from a separate driver
Even with a 12 volt 6 amp battery you get big fat sparks
The simple one transistor circuit works well and is robust
sparkfishes 3 years ago
i got a video showing my working place around my flyback and stuff if your intressed you could take a look :)
zezimashock 3 years ago
@zezimashock - look up neon store in you phone book or signs and buy a neon sign transformer for 30$ and you dont need to build anything, and never heats up and you can draw 3 inch sparks starting at 1 ich, mine is 12kv, at it is meant for pulling arcs on and you can run it over night and will be stone cold in the morning
mrmatt2525able 10 months ago
about a year ago I didn't know what a flyback was , wich I wish I did because the people next to me wear throwing out about 20 old tv's/monitors
skuitarman 3 years ago
will this work with an america cfl too
skuitarman 3 years ago
Yes!this will work with the American CFL
( Unusually for us ENGLISH, we put a stupid name to our CFL - Energy saving Lamps - The American nomenclature is much more accurate and sensible)
sparkfishes 3 years ago
the reason the arcs are biggger when you add the series capacitor is because the flyback is at resonance, so this is a LC cuircut. so bascicly the transformer is at resonance and will let more energy into the flyback its kind of hard to ecpalin
jovicakluk 3 years ago
I do know about resonance
The capacitor most likely changes the frequency of the incoming signal and that nears the resonant frequency of the coil - as you rightly said
However, it may be to do with some internal diodes making voltage doubler effect on these particular MONITOR flybacks
The old TV flybacks don't need the capacitor on the input to work
- did you look at my TESLA coil?
Not as big as some of the DOWNUNDER TESLAS but it pleases me A LOT!
THANKS FOR WATCHING & BE CAREFUL
sparkfishes 3 years ago
ye i have looked at your coil it's well made from what i can tell,most videos on youtube that have do do with hv i have looked at
jovicakluk 3 years ago
Nice video I'll have to check out the 3 flybacks I have.
and thanks for reply
Tom
toomyg155 3 years ago
And thanx for response me.
mumish13 3 years ago
well done too! I have a 18W lineal CFL lamp. I think disarm the CFL and connect with my AC Flyback. But I have better results with my DC flyback transformer. They have a high voltage diode built in and a high voltage capacitor.
(PD:you can comprehend my bad english???)
mumish13 3 years ago
NICE job!. But the FL pins are conected to the flyback?
mumish13 3 years ago
hanks for watching and the comment Mumish13
I am not sure what you are asking.
The set up was photographed / filmed at the time of the tests so what ever you see is how it happened
The CFL "electronic ballast" board has four wires normally connected to the Fuorescent Lamp tubes
One of each pair of these are confirmed as "hot/live" and these are used to connect to the base pins you have established as the original primary coil -
If it is still unclear please feel free to e-mail me
sparkfishes 3 years ago