> From: James Newton

> 2) a nice big super cap after the regulator with a very low value resistor
> to the solenoid caps?

> From: dal wheeler

> Could you pick off your timing on the primary side of the transformer (if
> isolation not an issue)?

Thanks, think it'll be a combination of both -- an opto across the mains
as a 240:12 signal step-down, > 0.01F / 16V if I can fit it in somewhere
and R in series with the caps to take the initial sting out of recharging.
Aren't there anti-surge components in monitors/TVs ?