The only black things are 3 diodes and 1 thyristor. I might recap. I've honestly never heard of a thyristor until now. Apparently it's just a transistor with some minor technical differences.
The more I'm chewing over this, the more I feel some component must be at least partially shorted. Because of the flashing neon lamp, I'm thinking it's getting bursts of power leaking through something else. Idk.
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