http://www.electroboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oscilating.

jpgThe reason for

oscillation is that when the switch opens, the inductor wants to continue giving out
current, the same direction that capacitor wants to discharge its current. So the current of
the inductor keeps flowing happily until the capacitor completely pours its charge into the
inductor. So the inductor has energy to continue and it starts charging the capacitor in the
opposite polarity and charges it all the way up to a negative high voltage until it doesnt
have any more energy to give. But now the capacitor is fully charged and starts depleting
it energy into the inductor running current in the opposite direction. This oscillating cycle
would continue for ever if it wasnt for the losses in the circuit such as resistances that
would cause the voltage level to drop.
Also this oscillation creates even higher voltage on the secondary that as we saw creates
very high voltage sparks. From the gap the sparks were arcing over, I would say their
voltage was over 20,000V.
And so I created the circuit below to create a continuously arcing circuit. The way I
designed this circuit, when you press SW1, you actually connect 12V across the relay coil
through the relay normally closed contact. This will cause the relay to switch away,
which removes the voltage across its coil and turns it off, and so relay returns to normally
closed position, and hence relay will oscillate. The capacitor and resistor across the relay
coil are to slow down the relay switching frequency. This is to allow the 12V to be across
the transformer primary for a longer time so that it charges high enough. And when the
relay switches away, we have a spark on the output. There will be sparks like a taser as
long as we hold the switch.
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http://www.electroboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/arcing-circuit.jpgI chose C2
capacitors as 250V rating to make sure they wont break easily, and also diode D1 clamps
the primary voltage around 350V. C2 is made of 10x 1uF capacitors in parallel. Heres a
list of my components:
0 SW1: regular push button
1 C1: 22uF >16V aluminum capacitor (mind the polarity)
2 R1: 4.7 Ohm (current limiting and timing)
3 K1 relay: Omron G8QN-1C4 DC12
4 D1 TVS: LittelFuse SMAJ350CA
5 C2: 10x 1uF 250V ceramic capacitors in parallel
6 Transformer: car ignition coil, get it from any car auto part shop