arc lighter

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Bought an arc lighter to use as a high voltage power supply for a small, low power spark gap tesla coil I'm building. (Check out Plasma Channel om youtube if you haven't already. He has a video detailing how to do this as well as several other diy projects and demonstrations worth checking out). I bought a cheap brand arc lighter for $20 and removed the circuit board. After tracing the circuit, this was the result. Pretty standard circuit most hobbyist would recognize as the most basic method for getting high voltage from a flyback. Normally its not the most reliable circuit but at this low of power its surprisingly efficient and works quite well, to my surprise. I didnt design this, just traced it and uploaded it to EC. 

published 6 years ago

tooshy

4 years ago

heres a better example of this https://everycircuit.com/circuit/6002897911021568

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