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

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > 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.

	You can get a much brighter light from one of the new "ultra-bright"
LED's.  I've used the big ones from Radio Shack in connection with a
transistor driver to make a baby "Strobotac" with frequency set by a 555
timer.  However, just feeding one from a suitable low-voltage (6 volts
or less, you need to worry about reverse voltage breakdown unless you
parallel the thing with a diode which is reverse biased when the "bulb
is list") transformer and suitable series resistor will work just fine.
Most of these LED's have a lens on the end which will give a nice tight
beam of light.

Ed