Originally posted by Ufopolitics
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Hi 'UFOpolitics',
Thank you for your kind words and a very big thank you for sharing your knowledge freely with everyone. I am using 1N4148 diodes following the fast and powerful FR607 diodes, but I think I am getting it wrong as the tube doesn't really flash but strikes with a soft yellow glow. CFLs are not common around this neck of the woods, so the tube is a type which has three long U-shaped sections. Another thing is that frequency does not seem to have the slightest effect on the operation other than the light gets choked off eventually if the frequency is raised too much (not obvious at all why that should be). I have been driving the FET with a commercial signal generator on a separate power supply, but I will build a 555 version and do much more testing when I get the opportunity, but like you, I am buried under a sizeable load of other urgent work
Congratulations too on the amount of member participation which you have generated on your Asymmetric Motors forum - very impressive,
Patrick
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