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Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:08 am

I was wondering if there was anyone on the forum who is more advanced in electronics and can make a small diagram on how to build a flash circuit, Of coarse without flash tube, or any of that special gas for the flash. Just So I can charge up the compacitor to as much as it is on a flash circuit.

So you know a small diagram of a circuit, I can understnad all the symbols and stuff.
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Search creator. There is heaps of threads.
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:24 am

Novacastrian wrote:Search creator. There is heaps of threads.
In a militant anti-n00b mood today aren't we :D
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
Novacastrian wrote:Search creator. There is heaps of threads.
In a militant anti-n00b mood today aren't we :D
MMMMM. yeah, soz
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:29 am

don't be sorry, it's nice to see some impatient discipline being metered out :D
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:don't be sorry, it's nice to see some impatient discipline being metered out :D
*Smacks object with back of hand* Now get in the car!! :twisted:
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So I used my extreme googling ability and found this:

http://www.geocities.com/lemagicien_200 ... flash.html

Enjoy.

PS: It's CAPACITOR...
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:29 am

CannonCreator wrote:I was wondering if there was anyone on the forum who is more advanced in electronics and can make a small diagram on how to build a flash circuit, Of coarse without flash tube, or any of that special gas for the flash. Just So I can charge up the compacitor to as much as it is on a flash circuit.

So you know a small diagram of a circuit, I can understnad all the symbols and stuff.
Did you want to use it as a ignition source for a combustion cannon? Or do you want a light show? 2 different things.
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:20 pm

A flash circuit is just a low-voltage flyback with an extra Hv coil to ionize gas in the tube.
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:31 pm

No for a firework ignitor
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:34 pm

there is nothing on this site about making a flash circuit. Im not asking how to MOD IT!!!!!!!

How to make a flash circuit without ionizde gasses in the circuit, and no flash tube!

Just How to make a capacitor Charger, that will charge it to the amount a flash circuit does!
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:06 pm

What he means is that he want to build his own flash circuit....
Its something with transistors and a flyback coil.....
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:39 pm

there are plenty of sites out there that have schematics for stun guns.

this is what fires my launcher.

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i borked it to the point where i had to have someone else fix it.

after reading some of your posts you might want to just use a bbq igniter, capacitors hurt, alot
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:07 am

Why do you want to build your own flash circuit when you can get'm for free? Or buy a disposable camera for ~$10.

The circuit is not all that simple, well to an EE maybe, but since CannonCreator doesn't even know the correct name for a capacitor, building the circuit from scratch isn't a viable option. Besides, built from scratch it'll cost a heck of a lot more than $10.

To charge a cap to 300 volts all you need is the circuit board from a disposable camera. Make a mistake and it'll hurt.

Or, to charge a cap to 300+ volts all you need is 120 VAC mains, a rectifier bridge and a voltage doubler. Make a mistake and it will kill you.
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