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need help with resonant flyback. Dr. Kilovolt's circuit?

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HDF49
Fri Nov 11 2011, 05:35PM Print
HDF49 Registered Member #977 Joined: Thu Aug 30 2007, 06:57PM
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I'm trying to make that driver, I've wired the circuit up correctly, I'm positive of it, with an irf540n. But in teh circuit there's just a straight short across the primary from + tog ground (I'm supposed to connect the negative terminal to ground, right?). So all that happens is my atx psu shuts off or my car battery draws a horrendous amount of current. What have I done wrong? Any help is hugely appreciated.
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Patrick
Fri Nov 11 2011, 06:56PM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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Are you sure the transistors are switching? do you have an O-scope? do transistors both get equally hot?
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HDF49
Fri Nov 11 2011, 07:05PM
HDF49 Registered Member #977 Joined: Thu Aug 30 2007, 06:57PM
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sorry i didn't realise the pic doesn't work, Link2 it's that one. Yes I do have an oscilloscope, the fet doesn't get warm at all because the current just flows straight through the primary to ground. And I do have a CRO but I can't see any point in using it because I know I'm just getting the 12v dc input in to the primary.
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Patrick
Fri Nov 11 2011, 07:15PM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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youre sure you built it right? that cap is right on the primary right ? that transistor cant intruput the caps cuurent swing.
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HDF49
Fri Nov 11 2011, 07:26PM
HDF49 Registered Member #977 Joined: Thu Aug 30 2007, 06:57PM
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Yeah, pretty damn sure, but looking at the curcuit, what's stopping the current just flowing straight through the primary?
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Patrick
Fri Nov 11 2011, 07:37PM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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it looks like the transitor should be pulsing the current through the primary, is your 555 good?
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HDF49
Fri Nov 11 2011, 07:42PM
HDF49 Registered Member #977 Joined: Thu Aug 30 2007, 06:57PM
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I'm pretty sure it is, can't be positive though, should the negative terminal be connected to the top or bottom of the ground rail?
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Antonio
Fri Nov 11 2011, 10:48PM
Antonio Registered Member #834 Joined: Tue Jun 12 2007, 10:57PM
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The ground connection is in the wrong point. It should be at the negative terminal of the filter capacitor. Or, at least the negative terminal of the (floating in this case) power supply must be there.
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HDF49
Fri Nov 11 2011, 11:43PM
HDF49 Registered Member #977 Joined: Thu Aug 30 2007, 06:57PM
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Got the bugger to work! sort of atleast, it gets through a mosfet a second though. Too much current? my psu draws up to 38a
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Patrick
Sat Nov 12 2011, 03:35AM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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fight fire with fire wrote ...

Got the bugger to work! sort of atleast, it gets through a mosfet a second though. Too much current? my psu draws up to 38a
How are you measuring that current?
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