flyback questions

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Original poster: "jimmy hynes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chunkyboy86-at-yahoo-dot-com>



 i just got my flyback driver working yesterday, but i think i should be
getting more voltage out of it. i took it from a dead computor monitor, so
its the kind with the diode and the cylindrical secondary. how long should
you be able to pull the arc out? how long should you be able to start it? i
can only pull it out about a half inch now. about how many turns are there
on the secondary? i need to know about how many turns i should have on my
primary. right now i have 200v on my 20 turn primary and my switch is
limiting me to 250 volts.


JImmy