Thread: Imhotep's Radiant Oscillator Video
View Single Post
  #809 (permalink)  
Old 09-26-2008, 10:36 AM
Philosopher Philosopher is offline
Junior Member
  
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 24
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lidmotor View Post
Wow!!

More and more people are joining in here. This is great. Anyway I got a 555 timer circuit modified in a way to work the CFLs without using anything else. It is pretty neat to watch do it's thing. I had to change the circuit from the one I tried yesterday that fried 2 chips. This one works as long as you keep the transistor cooled. Still may need that optoisolator Ren.

Thanks to everyone who is running with this idea. This is neat stuff.

Here is the 555 timer video---

YouTube - Lidmotor 555 Timer CFL Light

Cheers,

Lidmotor
Some questions: What is the values of the capacitor you put between the two diodes to protect the transistor?

What is the resistance values of the induction coil?

What is the actual consumption of the circuit?

Thank you!
Reply With Quote