Welcome
Username or Email:

Password:


Missing Code




[ ]
[ ]
Online
  • Guests: 101
  • Members: 0
  • Newest Member: omjtest
  • Most ever online: 396
    Guests: 396, Members: 0 on 12 Jan : 12:51
Members Birthdays:
All today's birthdays', congrats!
Download (31)
ScottH (37)


Next birthdays
11/03 Electroguy (94)
11/04 nitromarsjipan (2024)
11/04 mb (31)
Contact
If you need assistance, please send an email to forum at 4hv dot org. To ensure your email is not marked as spam, please include the phrase "4hv help" in the subject line. You can also find assistance via IRC, at irc.shadowworld.net, room #hvcomm.
Support 4hv.org!
Donate:
4hv.org is hosted on a dedicated server. Unfortunately, this server costs and we rely on the help of site members to keep 4hv.org running. Please consider donating. We will place your name on the thanks list and you'll be helping to keep 4hv.org alive and free for everyone. Members whose names appear in red bold have donated recently. Green bold denotes those who have recently donated to keep the server carbon neutral.


Special Thanks To:
  • Aaron Holmes
  • Aaron Wheeler
  • Adam Horden
  • Alan Scrimgeour
  • Andre
  • Andrew Haynes
  • Anonymous000
  • asabase
  • Austin Weil
  • barney
  • Barry
  • Bert Hickman
  • Bill Kukowski
  • Blitzorn
  • Brandon Paradelas
  • Bruce Bowling
  • BubeeMike
  • Byong Park
  • Cesiumsponge
  • Chris F.
  • Chris Hooper
  • Corey Worthington
  • Derek Woodroffe
  • Dalus
  • Dan Strother
  • Daniel Davis
  • Daniel Uhrenholt
  • datasheetarchive
  • Dave Billington
  • Dave Marshall
  • David F.
  • Dennis Rogers
  • drelectrix
  • Dr. John Gudenas
  • Dr. Spark
  • E.TexasTesla
  • eastvoltresearch
  • Eirik Taylor
  • Erik Dyakov
  • Erlend^SE
  • Finn Hammer
  • Firebug24k
  • GalliumMan
  • Gary Peterson
  • George Slade
  • GhostNull
  • Gordon Mcknight
  • Graham Armitage
  • Grant
  • GreySoul
  • Henry H
  • IamSmooth
  • In memory of Leo Powning
  • Jacob Cash
  • James Howells
  • James Pawson
  • Jeff Greenfield
  • Jeff Thomas
  • Jesse Frost
  • Jim Mitchell
  • jlr134
  • Joe Mastroianni
  • John Forcina
  • John Oberg
  • John Willcutt
  • Jon Newcomb
  • klugesmith
  • Leslie Wright
  • Lutz Hoffman
  • Mads Barnkob
  • Martin King
  • Mats Karlsson
  • Matt Gibson
  • Matthew Guidry
  • mbd
  • Michael D'Angelo
  • Mikkel
  • mileswaldron
  • mister_rf
  • Neil Foster
  • Nick de Smith
  • Nick Soroka
  • nicklenorp
  • Nik
  • Norman Stanley
  • Patrick Coleman
  • Paul Brodie
  • Paul Jordan
  • Paul Montgomery
  • Ped
  • Peter Krogen
  • Peter Terren
  • PhilGood
  • Richard Feldman
  • Robert Bush
  • Royce Bailey
  • Scott Fusare
  • Scott Newman
  • smiffy
  • Stella
  • Steven Busic
  • Steve Conner
  • Steve Jones
  • Steve Ward
  • Sulaiman
  • Thomas Coyle
  • Thomas A. Wallace
  • Thomas W
  • Timo
  • Torch
  • Ulf Jonsson
  • vasil
  • Vaxian
  • vladi mazzilli
  • wastehl
  • Weston
  • William Kim
  • William N.
  • William Stehl
  • Wesley Venis
The aforementioned have contributed financially to the continuing triumph of 4hv.org. They are deserving of my most heartfelt thanks.
Forums
4hv.org :: Forums :: General Science and Electronics
« Previous topic | Next topic »   

Can anyone help me?

 1 2 3 4  last
Move Thread LAN_403
Adam Munich
Sat Nov 27 2010, 02:47AM
Adam Munich Registered Member #2893 Joined: Tue Jun 01 2010, 09:25PM
Location: Cali-forn. i. a.
Posts: 2242
Well first, what kind of transformer is it? Can I get a picture?
Back to top
LIGHT
Sat Nov 27 2010, 04:09AM
LIGHT Banned on 4/6/2011 for unsafe, irresponsible behavior.
Registered Member #3442 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 04:09AM
Location: ....
Posts: 114
And I have a few relays but I cant figure what pins the + and - are, there are like 6?
Back to top
LIGHT
Sat Nov 27 2010, 04:15AM
LIGHT Banned on 4/6/2011 for unsafe, irresponsible behavior.
Registered Member #3442 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 04:09AM
Location: ....
Posts: 114
Sorry Grenadier.

I just have essentially made this. Link2

I just want to make it spark without me having to touch it on, maybe I can get a relay.
Back to top
Adam Munich
Sat Nov 27 2010, 06:36AM
Adam Munich Registered Member #2893 Joined: Tue Jun 01 2010, 09:25PM
Location: Cali-forn. i. a.
Posts: 2242
Use a 555 timer to switch a relay on and off, there's your automatic-ness.

Here, I designed this really quick, it should work. The pots control the timing and duration of the pulses.
1290839813 2893 FT101438 I
Back to top
LIGHT
Sat Nov 27 2010, 07:52AM
LIGHT Banned on 4/6/2011 for unsafe, irresponsible behavior.
Registered Member #3442 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 04:09AM
Location: ....
Posts: 114
To complicated, I'm new to most of this.

I will use a relay -.-"

or anything easyier.
Back to top
LIGHT
Sat Nov 27 2010, 07:57AM
LIGHT Banned on 4/6/2011 for unsafe, irresponsible behavior.
Registered Member #3442 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 04:09AM
Location: ....
Posts: 114
If I just put house AC 240v into the secondary coil, that would be 50 sparks a second then?

But this would be much more dangerous.
Back to top
Ash Small
Sat Nov 27 2010, 10:16AM
Ash Small Registered Member #3414 Joined: Sun Nov 14 2010, 05:05PM
Location: UK
Posts: 4245
If you want to use the relay, get a bulb and battery, and work out which pins operate the relay, which pins are connected when the relay is open, and which pins are connected when the relay is closed.

you then need to wire it up through the pins that are connected when the relay is open, to the pins that close the relay, so that the relay operates, but then turns itself off, then turns itself back on again.

Some relays have a diagram on them showing how they are wired, which will help you work it out.

Back to top
LIGHT
Sat Nov 27 2010, 11:41AM
LIGHT Banned on 4/6/2011 for unsafe, irresponsible behavior.
Registered Member #3442 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 04:09AM
Location: ....
Posts: 114
Is there an easiyer way, as I dont just want to go on evay and buy a small item.
Back to top
Ash Small
Sat Nov 27 2010, 12:03PM
Ash Small Registered Member #3414 Joined: Sun Nov 14 2010, 05:05PM
Location: UK
Posts: 4245
The easiest way will be by using a file as previously described.

If you have a small electric motor and something like a cork, cut the cork so that it is square, stick it onto the shaft of the motor, but don't stick the shaft all the way through. cover the sides and front of the cork with aluminium kitchen foil and hold one wire onto the front of the cork in contact with the aluminium foil and hold the other wire so that as the cork turns the corners hit the wire, making and breaking contact as the motor turns. this will turn the transformer on and off very quickly.

This is how the distributor on an old car works.
Back to top
LIGHT
Sat Nov 27 2010, 12:14PM
LIGHT Banned on 4/6/2011 for unsafe, irresponsible behavior.
Registered Member #3442 Joined: Fri Nov 26 2010, 04:09AM
Location: ....
Posts: 114
Well OK then ,but is there any more powerful transformers I can get to have a nice spark?
Back to top
 1 2 3 4  last

Moderator(s): Chris Russell, Noelle, Alex, Tesladownunder, Dave Marshall, Dave Billington, Bjørn, Steve Conner, Wolfram, Kizmo, Mads Barnkob

Go to:

Powered by e107 Forum System
 
Legal Information
This site is powered by e107, which is released under the GNU GPL License. All work on this site, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. By submitting any information to this site, you agree that anything submitted will be so licensed. Please read our Disclaimer and Policies page for information on your rights and responsibilities regarding this site.