Hi guys,
Pretty much a newbie to electronics, but I've been taking stuff apart for years so I have a basic knowledge of things.
Anyway, I've built a slayer exciter. I have about 400 turns on the secondary and 6 on the primary. I get tiny arcs which are fine, but I want more (of course). So I figure I can reduce the turns on the primary. If I take one turn out my power supply says very little current is being drawn (about 0.6a with 6 turns) and I get no arcs at all. I don't get it. What am I missing? I see other guys using 2 turns and things on YT.
I'm using a TIP31C transistor with a heatsink and a fan I pulled from an old graphics card.
Thanks
Pretty much a newbie to electronics, but I've been taking stuff apart for years so I have a basic knowledge of things.
Anyway, I've built a slayer exciter. I have about 400 turns on the secondary and 6 on the primary. I get tiny arcs which are fine, but I want more (of course). So I figure I can reduce the turns on the primary. If I take one turn out my power supply says very little current is being drawn (about 0.6a with 6 turns) and I get no arcs at all. I don't get it. What am I missing? I see other guys using 2 turns and things on YT.
I'm using a TIP31C transistor with a heatsink and a fan I pulled from an old graphics card.
Thanks