HELP NEEDED.
These are neat little devices but they are a pain to operate. They want 5v at 3A, and my design runs on 12v. A voltage regulator like LM1084IT-5 works, but even with a good sized heat sink it gets hot enough to boil off water, and since the device is only rated to 125C, I’m probably at the maximum limit for the device, and I do not want that.
What I really want is not to have to convert voltage at all. I’d rather run the spark at, say, 12v and 2A. Thsi device can’t handle that, but if someone has a schematic for this thing, I’m assuming it could be scaled up. Has anyone opened one up? C'mon, people, share. It’s a nice device but it is not quite right for long term, portable use.