At 60 Hz, a 0.27uF capacitor has 10K ohms of impedance. You would need to use a non-polarized cap that can handle the ripple current, something under 12mA. I cant vouch for how well that will work; it's a non-linear circuit so the capacitor is not exposed to a steady sinusoidal waveform, so it's effective impedance is probably much different. If I have some extra time, I'll run a SPICE simulation.
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 at 6:41:38 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > We all know the flickering flame candle bulb (if you don't, what are you > doing here?) > I was wondering if there's a way to get this to glow stable. > So I removed the base and found a 30K 1/4W resistor in there (230V model) > I replaced this with a 10K 1W model to see what would happen. > Well, things happened... > It was glowing way more intense but still flickering and after 5 minutes > or so I noticed the rich bouquet of brûlante resistance (the resistor was > melting and you know the smell...) > So I contacted a certain YouTuber for advice and he told me perhaps it > would be possible but I need to use a combination of a resistor and a > capacitor (with discharge resistor across it) to get higher current with > less heat a combination. > All good advise (I guess) but I have no idea about capacitor values > etcetera. > Can anyone help me in the direction to solve this? > Thanks in advance > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9a7816d6-25db-4987-955f-510cef627a66n%40googlegroups.com.
