Original upload date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:36:41 GMT
Fun with an electric fly swatter/zapper racket, including taking it apart to show at how it works, and demonstrating it powering a Franklin's bell and making sparks. Turns out that it's a joule thief/
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blocking oscillator circuit.
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See also:
Franklin's Bells - How to Make and Demonstrations
http://youtu.be/cjlMrSlIIIQ
How to Make 30kV High Voltage DC Power Supply with Flyback & Cockcroft-Walton Multiplier Tripler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuK1OdYxHk
How to Make Joule Thief Light a CFL - Jeanna's Light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkLET8MhRbU
How to Read a Schematic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HZ-EQ8Hc8E
High Voltage Probe How-to with Fluke 80K-40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXq4FCQ0C38
My webpage about this electric fly swatter:
http://rimstar.org/science_electronics_projects/electric_fly_swatter_zapper_racket.htm
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