GBluer(Slayer) Exiter

[Groundloop]

@flathunter,

Very nice build. I have some few questions about you circuit.
Can you fill in the blanks in this drawing when you get the time?

Thanks,
Groundloop.

[flathunter]

Thanks for the interest groundloop - Check out the third incandescent in the following video!!!!  Bright as can be!!!  And destroyed during experiment. and all 4 types work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxqux9xVCcw

Thanks for the great diagram - here are some of the answers.

Coil dimensions

33.5 cm high, 11cm diametre PVC pipe - Typical drainage pipe for toilet. Its NOT the coil i bought in a tesla coil kit - i made this one myself so its hardly professional  Took me 3 hours!!!
Primary coil 3mm diametre (as a pancake) 2 turns at the bottom of the secondary
Secondary about 1mm, maybe 0.9mm (really not sure about this...just used an old ruler). (not really sure about number...but coil stretches 28.5cm so i think about 280 turns. I was wrong earlier in my statement of 450 turns - sorry)

i think the resistor is one watt.

IRF 830 on BIG heatsink i ripped out an old monitor which is back to back with smaller heatsink.  (Gets very very hot)

Power supply is from an old printer which states 16V at 320ma but runs at 15V @1A on this device.  Nonetheless, I can get the same effect with a small Lead Acid 12V battery (5.6Ahrs).  Incandescent are no problem with this baby    Its great fun! 

[Groundloop]

@flathunter,

Thank you for your fast replay to my questions.
I did not have the IRF830 right now so I'm trying
a setup with a high voltage NPN transistor instead.
Attached is my build so far. My coil is on a plastic
tube, 50mm diameter. I think I counted 250 turns.

Will report back when I fire up this circuit.

Groundloop.

[flathunter]

Hi GroundLoop

I also have a 50mm diametre coil but i couldnt get it to work at all - i hope you have better luck with it.  If you fancy winding your own use a fat toilet pipe (11cm diametre) and i think youll get much better results - another guy called ''jiffycoil'' on energetic forum gets fantastic results and he also has a fat secondary PVC pipe.

I'm starting to think that again ive made a mistake with the secondary -  its thinner than 1mm - its about 0.6mm diametre and there are perhaps 400 turns, perhaps a bit more.... Sorry for so many mistakes!!!

[Groundloop]

@flathunter,

Thank you for the clarification.

I will try out my coil first because that was what I have right now.
I can always wind a new 110mm diameter coil later on.
My primary goal right now is to get the circuit to run without "blowing" the transistor. :-)

BTW: The second PCB is for 100 ultra bright LEDs.

Groundloop.