Perhaps so, though Beck's original description - as all others - points out the need to short out the capacitor before touching any of the circuit at all. In fact, most capacitive discharge circuits have a bleeder resistor to discharge the cap in a minute or two, but not the flashtube ones, usually. The whole works simply consists of the flash unit complete, no need to fiddle with the components, except the coil of 14 Ga. enamelled copper wire which is wound on (something like) a video reel, has one end connected from the flashtube wire that used to go to ground until you remove it and the other coil end to where the flashtube wire used to be connected to ground itself. How do you know which end is ground? easy, the other end of the flashtube is connected to the capacitor. Anyone who wants to try this for their very first venture into electronics should definitely seek out experienced help, and get the circuit description to take with you. Take out the batteries or unplug the circuit; i.e., remove power, - and short out the capacitor using a wire with insulated clips on the ends which should be left in place as a safety until all done. This beats hell out of using one's body parts as a discharge path!! Have fun, Malcolm
"John A. Stanley" wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, Malcolm Stebbins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >Hi; so do I. If you can manage it, there is a very simple way to make your > >own > >pulser, or possibly you can recruit some help from a local Ham Radio club. > >There's a group: > > > > > > [email protected] > > My recollection is that it's possible to make a magnetic pulser that's > driven by an electronic flash circuit or a party strobe where the xenon > flash tube is replaced with a magnetic coil, and some of the resistors > and capacitors are beefed up for the task. People who don't know their > way around these kinds of high-voltage circuits are probably best off > shelling out the $300 for Sota's magnetic pulser, which is a very nicely > made instrument. > > -- > John A. Stanley [email protected] > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
