Re: flyback questions

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Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>

Jimmy,

Try less turns on the primary. This increases the turns ratio, so you get
more voltage. I usually use between 2-4 turns. I have even used one, but the
flyback gets hot pretty quickly. There is some more flyback stuff on my
website.

Regards,

Jonathan Peakall

www.madlabs.info


>
>  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