File puptcrit/puptcrit.0604, message 297


Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:52:57 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
From: Joe <joe-AT-dunfee.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Flicker light suggestions? Correction


  I can't view the video on your web page, but am familiar with flicker
devices.  They are widely used in haunted houses, and also for stage use.
It seems you are using the fluroescent light starter method.  However, there
are more complex circuits which give you  more adjustability. They are lamp
dimmer circuits with an oscillator that varies the rate of flicker and give
you an infinite range of adjustability.

This company sells numerous kits for this, and also sells them assembled and
tested.(though I think you need to mount the circuit and provide the
connections); 
http://www.northcountryradio.com/Kitpages/flicker3.htm

Here is do-it-all-yourself directions, with Radio Shack part numbers;
http://www.phantasmechanics.com/alf.html

This seems to be a plug-n-play flicker device.  ($25)
http://www.frightcatalog.com/Halloween-Special+Effects/Optical+Illusions/Lig
hting+FX-1408006/

Joe Dunfee  joe-AT-dunfee.com
Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

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