I built one of those scariacs when I was about 12, not quite as fancy as his though. I used to do those capacitor bombs too. At least I never figured out how to get 240 Volts for my "experiments".
You could try to carefully take apart the battery and remove the temp/voltage sensing circuit and reconnect it into your power supply to read the voltage. If the temp. sensor is a separate part you may be able to replace it with a resistor.
Some transistor manufacturers publish selector guides to help engineers find a transistor that meets their needs, however since you state you are "starting to learn electronics on your own" I would ask what you want to do with the knowledge you learn? If you are just interested in doing "hobby"...
Since you are just starting to learn about transistors I suggest you buy 1 bag of 2N3904 and 1 bag of 2N3906. That will give you 10 each general purpose NPN and PNP transistors.
Hello Farukh,
As Bob K said there is no reason to power the relays from the battery when the AC is off. Usually systems like this keep the relays off during a power outage and only allow them to come back on after the controller has detected power has been restored. It is normal for the...
please be aware the new member raydavis posting in general chat was posting the same questions over at the AAC forum under 3 different names. We believe he is the same BillyMayo, DannyDavis, VanCastillo ect. that has been banned before.
The mosfets are supposedly rated for 50 Amps, but in the real world you would not want to run them that hard.
You may want to check out the following thread where they discuss the current limitations of mosfets...
It's hard to say how to build your own clone of those boards, they don't give much information on the website. They do say it uses mosfets so they are not TIP120 transistors. If you really need to know you may have to buy a board and reverse engineer it.
So you tried a new C9 and it still smokes, but if you leave C9 out it doesn't smoke. Thats very strange ! Are you sure the 48 Volt source you are using is OK?
Hi John,
I am also a member over at AAC, They have rules over there about subjects that cannot be discussed. They often become a bit over zealous when enforcing those rules.