Re: Flyback Driver PCBs

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Original poster: Brett Miller <brmtesla2-at-yahoo-dot-com> 


Kreso,

Great.  I will try this and post the results.  It may
however, be a week or two.  Thanks!

I have several flybacks ranging from large to small,
and one with a built in rectifier for pulsed dc
output.

-Brett

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: Kreso Bukvic
 > <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr>
 >
 > I invite anybody to try my setup up. It will bring
 > HUGE sparks.
 >
 > Here are the steps:
 >
 > 1. Get yourself a PC SMPS i used AT 200 W
 > 2. Toke the board out.
 > 3. Remove ferite cored transformer
 > 4. Connect flyback  primary to the points where
 > primary of transformer under
 > 3 were.
 > 5. Apply power
 >
 > Best Regards
 >
 > Kreso Bukvic
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:26 PM
 > Subject: Re: Flyback Driver PCBs
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: Brett Miller
 > <brmtesla2-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Jim,
 >  >
 >  > Photographs are dubious.  The only true test is
 > if his
 >  > work can be replicated.  And since we have few
 >  > details...no schematic......
 >  >
 >  > -Brett
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  >  > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell"
 >  >  > <electrontube-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > WHAT!? Kreso thats 6 & 1/2" arcs from a plasma
 > globe
 >  >  > flyback?! Those things
 >  >  > are tiny 1" cubes that go up in flames if you
 > try to
 >  >  > get more then a few kV
 >  >  > out of them!
 >  >  >   Strangely I am suspicious.  Do you have
 > pictures?
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Regards - Jim Mitchell
 >  >  >
 >  >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  >  > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:51 AM
 >  >  > Subject: Re: Flyback Driver PCBs
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Original poster: Kreso Bukvic
 >  >  > <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr>
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Now for me to spit somthing. I had gotten
 > from
 >  >  > small cheap commercial
 >  >  > plasma
 >  >  >  > globe flyback ~ 17 cm flaming arc. I was
 > just
 >  >  > keeping this for me but il
 >  >  >  > give the word out. I was driving this
 > flyback
 >  >  > from PC SMPS so i thinked
 >  >  > why
 >  >  >  > we all use  LV output of this small
 > transformer?
 >  >  > So i connected my flyback
 >  >  >  > primary to primary of the transformer i
 > gues
 >  >  > there was arround 300 VDC.
 >  >  > The
 >  >  >  > flyback gaved 5 - 6 cm arcs now. After some
 > head
 >  >  > scratching i realised
 >  >  > that
 >  >  >  > SMPS transformer eated alot of power so i
 > remowed
 >  >  > it. After turrning on i
 >  >  >  > realised thet the flyback is giving small
 > arcs to
 >  >  > air (like Tesla coil).
 >  >  >  > Trying to pul an arc i realised it can make
 > ~ 17
 >  >  > cm flaming arcs. I was
 >  >  >  > impressed . So i tried to connect big DC
 > flyback
 >  >  > there and tried to pull a
 >  >  >  > spark at point of ~8 cm the corona appeared
 > but
 >  >  > as soon the spark created
 >  >  >  > the mosfets blew i think that wasn ot
 > problem a
 >  >  > wire hanged and shorted
 >  >  > the
 >  >  >  > output. I never tried this experiment later
 > (
 >  >  > need to build a sstc.)
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > I know all will call me a layer and wont
 > bolive
 >  >  > me, but try it im NOT
 >  >  > lying
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > The picture of the flyback can be seen here
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >
http://www.allthingstesla-dot-com/viewthread.php?tid=766&page=#pid6060
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > BTW the SMPS was AT 200 W
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Best Regards
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Kreso Bukvic
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >
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