And it only takes a few seconds to disable the flyback.. permanently (yup.. done it too),
George Rachor
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On Nov 9, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
I'll add this to the 5151 issue. Because the
5151 responds to *every* horizontal sync pulse, it's quite possible to toast the
flyback transformer with the wrong frequency. I know--I've done it.
Contrast with a simple astable multivibrator which would simply lose synch .
--Chuck