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    I cant find where to buy spark gap "circuit interrupters"

    heres a schematic of it. the extra spark gaps can be diodes if you want, they are to stop the capacitors prematurely discharging, but it sorta spoils it adding pn junctions. As you can see its the reverse of a marx generator, charge series, discharge parallel. i think the circuit is a bit...
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    I cant find where to buy spark gap "circuit interrupters"

    I know u dont like it... :)... but being able to convert from parallel to series and back again like a marx generator forwards and backwards with capacitors gives you amplification abilities.
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    I cant find where to buy spark gap "circuit interrupters"

    Is there any reason why a spark gap machine can't do as good if not better than a transistor machine? If I were to make all my components from scratch, it would be easier if I didn't use transistors because its one less thing on the list and I'm also not sure how to make them, Recently though...
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    LED lit cabinets

    That looks like the kickstart wire. =)
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    LED lit cabinets

    I see, I think I know what u mean. Say its dc. so if i have 4 capacitors going off in order, if i close the switch for the appliance, i do so on the capacitors discharge loop, so i still iterate through the capacitors, that would time the lines, but then my problem is if the capacitor...
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    LED lit cabinets

    Does that help with it all blasting down one line thats closed, rest open? how do we fix that problem?
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    LED lit cabinets

    hehehe nah we need to dive into discrete details, but sorry unless its DC I'm just not experienced enough to fix the load hogging issue, It would be nice if someone solved it here tho, ppl never talk about it.
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    LED lit cabinets

    Thats the right idea, but what about the details Yeh thats right, If theres is 2 sets of lights in each cab, then u want to have them separate not on the same power, yes. I didn't understand. The tricky thing is you need more power the more doors that are open, if all the lights are off...
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    LED lit cabinets

    Would that make an or gate?
  10. ratstar

    LED lit cabinets

    Magnetic sensors would be the best for this I think. Use a hall sensor. Joke-> If you want to really over-engineer it you should put down solar panels on the sides of the box and charge back the battery when the lights go on, and transduce some of the energy back into the system. hehe =)
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    I cant find where to buy spark gap "circuit interrupters"

    Thanks, I could never have found that... Woah 60 volts, pretty good, I want to go as low as I can. With a 60 volter I probably only need a 3 capacitor marx generator, cause my novice power supply goes up to 30 volts. (I have to count for losses, 2 caps for my system is more like 1.7x, not 2...
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    I cant find where to buy spark gap "circuit interrupters"

    Maybe my laptop is too slow, or I'm hopeless at the internet, but I cant find anywhere to buy spark gaps for doing clocked logic with, I'd like something that just has a negative and a positive and a gap of air in the middle, with very little capacitance. I do have a cool way of making them...
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    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    Shit. Werent the zepplins in world war 2 full of helium? and they explode?
  14. ratstar

    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    Thats amazing, but using flammable gasses is so dangerous...
  15. ratstar

    Novel voltage doubler circuit need help plz

    the low voltage input appears with the high voltage output, I couldn't work out how to get that out of it, its an issue. The shunt resistor has a capacitor before it, blocking it, its supposed to short. The purpose of the shunt is to make the series connection have resistors either side so...
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    Novel voltage doubler circuit need help plz

    What's amazing about germanium transistors? oh it was a joke...
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    Novel voltage doubler circuit need help plz

    Marvel. Its actually the first oscillator ive made that works. So its a big step for me. I made one ages ago (Like 3 years ago) But I couldnt figure out how it worked, so I couldnt reproduce it.... took me long time... So onto making my computer!!!
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    Novel voltage doubler circuit need help plz

    Heres a video of it. (its not being run, just showing.) In the middle of the circle is the spark gap I made out of copper tape and sit it under a set of drawers overnight to get it as flat as I could, I think its about a 400 volt one?
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    Novel voltage doubler circuit need help plz

    BTW, I got it working, a 30 cap one, I cleared the spark gap by more than twice, and the hz is jumping around like mad, because its made out of copper tape, it goes from 20 hz to 1kilohert. When I closed the spark gap, it went to 0 hz, every time, so I think ive got it. I read the...
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    Designing differential Signal modulator.

    If it scales up with the resistance thats probably ok.
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