GF not fire...working process

This involves deadly high voltage. Do not try at home.

If it were me, I would remove the power supply and bench test it.

I would need to connect a dummy load in place of the laser tube. I use a dozen 50Kohm 50W resistors connected in series:

Then, I need to fire up the power supply. To do that, I make some connections.

I first fire up the low voltage supplies by connecting 3.3V (pin 3,4 or 5) to pins 17 and 24.

Then I ready the high voltage supply by connecting 3.3V (pin 3,4 or 5) to pins 16 and 13.

Then I turn on the high voltage supply by connecting 3.3V (pin 3,4 or 5) to pin 12.

Using Ohm’s law. I calculate what the voltage should be at the point between the two resistors closest to HV return wire. I measure the voltage there to see if it matches what I expect.

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