Akula0083 30 Watt Self Running Generator.

[EMJunkie]

I'm loosing track of all the videos posted and then subsequently quickly removed by Akula but the following clip has me a bit perplexed. I have highlighted with red arrows, two soldered connections on the underside of the circuit board from the 'SMPS' video, one of which appears directly under a potentiometer and the other just to the side, where there should be no connections looking at the top of the board. Both connections are to a common negative bus-bar which connects to the 9V start battery.

Hoppy

Hey Hoppy,

We have been collecting and saving the Akula Videos and re-posting them here: Akula Vids

If you have downloaded some that I have not already re-posted. Please let us know.

All the Best

  Chris

[Hoppy]

Hey Hoppy,

We have been collecting and saving the Akula Videos and re-posting them here: Akula Vids

If you have downloaded some that I have not already re-posted. Please let us know.

All the Best

  Chris

Thanks for the link.

Hoppy

[TinselKoala]

I'm loosing track of all the videos posted and then subsequently quickly removed by Akula but the following clip has me a bit perplexed. I have highlighted with red arrows, two soldered connections on the underside of the circuit board from the 'SMPS' video, one of which appears directly under a potentiometer and the other just to the side, where there should be no connections looking at the top of the board. Both connections are to a common negative bus-bar which connects to the 9V start battery.

Hoppy

Ugh. I hate pad-per-hole prototyping. Better to use plain board with holes on 0.1 inch centers, and either wire-wrap or buswire point-to-point wiring.

I have no idea what those points could be. What video is it from, is there a pic of the topside of the board?


Have you seen the video where the guy lights up an incandescent bulb, even puts it into a glass of water, using wires so fine they don't show up on the video at all?

[Hoppy]

Ugh. I hate pad-per-hole prototyping. Better to use plain board with holes on 0.1 inch centers, and either wire-wrap or buswire point-to-point wiring.

I have no idea what those points could be. What video is it from, is there a pic of the topside of the board?


Have you seen the video where the guy lights up an incandescent bulb, even puts it into a glass of water, using wires so fine they don't show up on the video at all?

See Akula0083 Lantern No.3 here. There is one of the same type of pots on the 3V flashlight board

Yes, the thin wire and HV supply. One of the many tricks of the trade!

[TinselKoala]

Ah, I think I see it. The arrowed points are not under/beside the pots, they are actually the case mounting tabs. So one case mounting tab of each of the two pots is soldered to the ground bus, I think. The third pot has the tabs bent out instead of in and not soldered.
Look at the width of the pots on the topside of the board, then compare to your bottom image.