Is my 1900 Magnetic Pulsar working right??

[Guest guest]

I have my vivtar 1900 home made Pulsar and with freshly charged 2100

mah nimh batteries or Alkaline AA's it doesn't seem to kick a metal

paper clip more that 1/2 " to 1 " off of a plastic bag covering my coil

of wire, which by the way says " AMS Enterprises 2.5 MH " it measures

2.75 " x 7/8 " thick.

Do the flashes lose strength over time??? Should I resolder the

connections? I did not secure the lamp cord / wire coil solder joint

to anything, I see folks on ebay strapping the deal down to a wooden

spoon etc.

Has anyone sent their homemade rig off to SOTA for testing??

Any tips suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

New Guy

[Guest guest]

Try this: get a 1/4 " metal washer from any hardware store and place

it inside the coil. Stand back and pulse coil. Washer should jump up

rapidly (watch your eyes!!!).

A paper-clip just does not have enough metal in it to respond.

See if this works...Russ

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> I have my vivtar 1900 home made Pulsar and with freshly charged

2100

> mah nimh batteries or Alkaline AA's it doesn't seem to kick a

metal

> paper clip more that 1/2 " to 1 " off of a plastic bag covering my

coil

> of wire, which by the way says " AMS Enterprises 2.5 MH " it

measures

> 2.75 " x 7/8 " thick.

>

> Do the flashes lose strength over time??? Should I resolder the

> connections? I did not secure the lamp cord / wire coil solder

joint

> to anything, I see folks on ebay strapping the deal down to a

wooden

> spoon etc.

>

> Has anyone sent their homemade rig off to SOTA for testing??

> Any tips suggestions are welcome.

>

> Thanks,

> New Guy

>

[Guest guest]

How far should the washer jump? I think you mean a fender washer

with a 1/4 " hole?

I tried it again with 3 paper clips and they all jumped away and

spun quite dramatically so... perhaps its working but I will dig up a

bigger washer and see if its getting at least 4 or more inches in

travel.

Thanks,

Guy

> >

> > I have my vivtar 1900 home made Pulsar and with freshly

charged

> 2100

> > mah nimh batteries or Alkaline AA's it doesn't seem to kick a

> metal

> > paper clip more that 1/2 " to 1 " off of a plastic bag covering my

> coil

> > of wire, which by the way says " AMS Enterprises 2.5 MH " it

> measures

> > 2.75 " x 7/8 " thick.

> >

> > Do the flashes lose strength over time??? Should I resolder

the

> > connections? I did not secure the lamp cord / wire coil solder

> joint

> > to anything, I see folks on ebay strapping the deal down to a

> wooden

> > spoon etc.

> >

> > Has anyone sent their homemade rig off to SOTA for testing??

> > Any tips suggestions are welcome.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > New Guy

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, a fender washer!!

If put in the centre of the coil of our MP5 Magnetic Pulser, a fender

washer will jump about 8 feet up and travel in an arc about 15 feet.

You can see me demonstrating this in one of the Beck videos out there

(don't have a link to it, but it is the one from Daytona Beach at the

Global Sciences show).

Russ :>)

> > >

> > > I have my vivtar 1900 home made Pulsar and with freshly

> charged

> > 2100

> > > mah nimh batteries or Alkaline AA's it doesn't seem to kick a

> > metal

> > > paper clip more that 1/2 " to 1 " off of a plastic bag covering

my

> > coil

> > > of wire, which by the way says " AMS Enterprises 2.5 MH " it

> > measures

> > > 2.75 " x 7/8 " thick.

> > >

> > > Do the flashes lose strength over time??? Should I resolder

> the

> > > connections? I did not secure the lamp cord / wire coil solder

> > joint

> > > to anything, I see folks on ebay strapping the deal down to a

> > wooden

> > > spoon etc.

> > >

> > > Has anyone sent their homemade rig off to SOTA for testing??

> > > Any tips suggestions are welcome.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > > New Guy

> > >

> >

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