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ya, but thats if you want to get the most out of it, but for those who dont know that much having the protection circuitry is probly a good idea ( so it limits the current and over voltage to ground) , you can still to some electrostacis and plasma stuff with it. i first started this way making little silica beads bounce around, and making light bulb plasma globs and lighting up burt out floresnt lights
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Thank, Grenadier.
Richard Hull on fusor.net (also famous for his 'Teslathons' in the past) has insisted on numerous occasions that it is not possible to get more than a few milliamps from a flyback. While I've proved him wrong on several other topics, I don't know enough about this stuff to argue this point with him.
I assumed, from his tesla coil past, that he knew what he was talking about.
I'll look on here (4HV) for more info on ZVS drivers, and thanks for your advice.
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that will most definently wont work as said you need voltage that turns off and on at 1,000s of times per second a battery is costant and your main lines is only 50-60 times per second
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Well then someone ought to show Mr. Fusor this picture!
And just putting DC voltage into a flyback won't do anything at all. All you'll get one spark when you connect it, and a bigger one when you disconnect it.
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if all you want is easy sparks from a flyback go with grenadier CFL idea or my board idea simple as it gets, or first go into a dark room on a dry day and rub a wool sweatter over your head and toush grounded objects or the sweatter and watch static sparks i used to do this for hours when i was a kid seeing little lighting bolts from my fingers
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