Schematic

Okay, so I was asked to put up the circuit I'm using for this. Here's the layout:




That's the initial layout, as you can see it's pretty basic and like i said before it only runs from 12V DC. An addition to this circuit is to add a voltage regulator and filter capacitor before the 555 and a snubber in parallel with the primary of the transformer. That way I could power it up to a larger voltage and a larger output. However, I'm going to be switching things up and since I've got my feet wet with this project I'm going to go a different route ultimately, and here it is:


That circuit will ultimately be a better choice in order to achieve the higher voltage. It'll make for a full wave AC output which can be connected to the voltage multiplier. As an added bonus this circuit is also self oscillating, that means I don't have to worry about tuning it, it automatically find the correct frequency to work properly.

Now to go screw with the transformers I tore out of that T.V.