jrz126
Active Member
I contructed a strobe light but when I power it up, the strobe fires, but there is no power to it.
https://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/strobe2.htm
Some of the modifications I made to the circuit:
I didnt have the 500K pot. at the time so I just put 2 1.8Mohm resistors in place of R2 and R3.
I used a .56 uF cap in place of the .47uF.
I'm thinking the problem lies in my neon bulb. I had to use a really small neon bulb, I had a bigger one but one of the leads broke off. So I figure since the neon is tiny, the voltage is high enough to jump the gap reall easily so no chage builds up in my .56uF cap.
Is this correct? any suggestions?
https://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/strobe2.htm
Some of the modifications I made to the circuit:
I didnt have the 500K pot. at the time so I just put 2 1.8Mohm resistors in place of R2 and R3.
I used a .56 uF cap in place of the .47uF.
I'm thinking the problem lies in my neon bulb. I had to use a really small neon bulb, I had a bigger one but one of the leads broke off. So I figure since the neon is tiny, the voltage is high enough to jump the gap reall easily so no chage builds up in my .56uF cap.
Is this correct? any suggestions?