Mmm. I Smell Burning Silicon.

Running a plasma globe driver on doubled power level:
Would not recommend.

I modified some parts on the PCB in hopes of increasing the power output. This worked perfectly, but then I had the stupid idea to try running it on that 17W power supply. Because of the capacitor change and the bigger power supply, the board got toasted (smoke, horrible smell).

Right now I'm waiting for it to cool down. If I fried the transistor, that's not a disaster, because I can swap it with one of the 2N3055's I have lying around.