Re: Coil woes- where does one get a 60 Hertz strobe?

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi All,

Another cheap strobe can be made with white high intensity LEDs.  I use a 6V
xfmr to drive 4 LEDs, 2 forward, and 2 reverse biased.  It won't stop the
peg but it will show a blur of where the peg is during each half cycle.  I'm
sure that something with a 555 could be made to narrow the conduction time
of the LEDs and cause the peg to stand still.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Most inexpensive would be a NE-2 neon bulb with a 120 ohm series resistor.
 > Not super bright but if you check your RSG in a dark room it works fine.
 >
 > Dr. Resonance
 >
 >  > My latest coil is off to a rocky start.( I've already posted about my
SRSG
 >  > and control circuit which I now believe is somewhat inadequate.)
 >  > My modified Radio Shack strobe gave up the ghost as I was trying to get
 >  > things ready. Before I go in and try to fix it I'd like to know what
other
 >  > people are using.
 >
 >
 >