12 Volt Strobe Light For Ignition System ??

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Terryg43
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:53 pm

Has anyone in the Forums ever figured out or posted on how to use a 12 Volt Strobe Light for there Ignition System on their cannon ? I've got one and played around with it but haven't had much sucess. Thanx for your help.....
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:18 pm

Yes I used one. The circuitry usually only makes 1kV though. The best thing would be to put it through a 1:100 stepup transformer.
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