strobe light kits

"Terry Given"

all the epileptics got up in arms and legs about them.

Fairly frothing at the mouth, they were.

Seriously ....

far too dangerous to sell to kiddies and dopes.

No PLI company would allow it.

...... Phil

Reckon you may be a sufferer Philly?

Hmm, that would explain it. looks like its DIY all the way then. bugger, a kit would have made a nice starting point.

Thanks Phil

Cheers Terry

Hi Terry,

DSE still list some strobe kits, limited availability probably, but they still have :

"Disco Strobe"

And

"Discovery Series Kit Xenon Flasher"

cheers

Jacob

thanks Jacob, I've sent my poor, crippled old dad off on his bike (he cant drive, due to a brokedn shoulder) to get some and mail them to me.

Cheers Terry

No Problems :) Just wish I had been quick enough to grab a $25 ESR meter :( I've got a Marantz amp under repair and could really use a decent cap tester!

cheers

Jacob

Go to any place that sells lighting effects for stage or disco.

They have lovely, dirt cheap CHINESE made ones !!!

...... Phil

good call Phil, I never thought of that (my boomerang wont come back). of course I'd then have to reverse-engineer it, c.f. reading the attached schematic, but it aint hard. And besides, I'll need to reverse-engineer the magnetics regardless...

Cheers Terry

"Terry Given"

The whole caboodle operates at mains potential, often with a voltage doubler to give 680 volts DC on the storage cap - ie dangerous as hell.

....... Phil

trigger transformer?

I'll say! I've seen electric fence energisers that do that, too.

Cheers Terry

Buy a car ignition strobe that works off 12V and build a simple pulse generator to drive the trigger circuit instead of the pickup that clamps on the HT lead.

Disco Strobe $99

-- Michael Heydon

yep, have one of them and two of the lamp flashers. easier than veroboard....

Cheers Terry