Hi there. I just made a cool high voltage project and I wanted to share it with you.
I took a flyback transformer out of an old CRT television, an electrical ballast and two random plastic film capacitors. I made a little circuit that looks like this (click to enlarge):
The output is of about 20-30 kV at 15 kHz and 10 mA, but I didn't measure the exact voltage, so this is just an estimate.
Photos time! Click to enlarge
Some arcs:
Burning a piece of paper:
That's it! Feel free to post here if you have any suggestion/question.
P. S. The output of this circuit can be lethal under certain circumstances. Don't try to do that if you don't have any experience with high voltages and currents.
I took a flyback transformer out of an old CRT television, an electrical ballast and two random plastic film capacitors. I made a little circuit that looks like this (click to enlarge):
The output is of about 20-30 kV at 15 kHz and 10 mA, but I didn't measure the exact voltage, so this is just an estimate.
Photos time! Click to enlarge
Some arcs:
Burning a piece of paper:
That's it! Feel free to post here if you have any suggestion/question.
P. S. The output of this circuit can be lethal under certain circumstances. Don't try to do that if you don't have any experience with high voltages and currents.
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