Their was also a version Jinx, that had a second 820R current limiter, a second set of caps and a second tube :o) Also a later mod was to add audio beat triggering or an automatic 555 timer operation. Regards, Kat. ____________________________________________________________________________ /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | K.A.Q. Electronics \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | Software and Electronic Engineering X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Perth Western Australia / \ | Ph +61 419 923 731 ____________________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jinx" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [EE]:Flash tubes - for Kat > > I know the project you mean. It had 2 of the DSE type U shaped tubes. > > From memory, it used 2x 6.5uF capacitors to fire each tube. I would > > possibly have the circuit around here somewhere if you need it. > > Regards... > > Got it in ETI Top Projects 6 thanks David. In fact I uploaded it during > the NiCd zapper thread just before my PC went belly up > > http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/NiCdzap.html > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads