Joule Ringer!

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Thanks for taking the time  to post your analysis

I found it very helpful


gary

gary,

thanks for the encouraging words.

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[4Tesla]

The objective here is to run the CFL from a small cap say 10mF
for a good duration, say half an hour. If I understood correctly,
with proper setup, an AA/AAA bat could be used to recharge
the cap many times, thus the total run time could be months.

I know, but thought the schematics might be useful.

Anyone try all these different circuits?  I was wondering which one has had the longest run time.

Thanks,
Tesla

[lanenal]

The 2-Coil Joule Ringer schematic really looks like a Joule Thief.
If the magic is in the bifiler+pot combination, then one should
replace the diode by that combination.

Really look forward to the tutorial video of lasersaber,
I will follow that and start my replication.
Sorry Tesla, I haven't built that before, once I got started,
it won't seem to be hard to build that as well.

Meanwhile, could lasersaber please also post an "official" schematic in the video,
I bet that will be tremendously helpful for replicators and thus create a lot of
faithful followers (the one posted before with a real-object-like transformer
is helpful  but inadequate, unfortunately, because the transformer is a black
box and nobody knows exactly how it is wired inside, thus some crucial
information is lacking, and I think clear schematics are a precise tool of
communication for this kind of work).

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[4Tesla]

The 2-Coil Joule Ringer schematic really looks like a Joule Thief.
If the magic is in the bifiler+pot combination, then one should
replace the diode by that combination.

Really look forward to the tutorial video of lasersaber,
I will follow that and start my replication.
Sorry Tesla, I haven't built that before, once I got started,
it won't seem to be hard to build that as well.

Meanwhile, could lasersaber please also post an "official" schematic in the video,
I bet that will be tremendously helpful for replicators and thus create a lot of
faithful followers (the one posted before with a real-object-like transformer
is helpful  but inadequate, unfortunately, because the transformer is a black
box and nobody knows exactly how it is wired inside, thus some crucial
information is lacking, and I think clear schematics are a precise tool of
communication for this kind of work).

lanenal

Look forward to your results.  Have you tried all the circuits in this thread?  That is what I'm curious about.  I'm looking forward to lasersaber's how-to video also.

I have bought a fuji camera and a 4 watt cfl.. I'll be experimenting soon.

Tesla

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Look forward to your results.  Have you tried all the circuits in this thread?  That is what I'm curious about.  I'm looking forward to lasersaber's how-to video also.

I have bought a fuji camera and a 4 watt cfl.. I'll be experimenting soon.

Tesla

Tesla, Look forward to yours too. It is good to experiment with a variety of set ups, then we will know what works, and what won't, and by comparing them, we might be able to figure out what is the most important factor to improve efficiency.

I built a pulsing circuit of my own design before, but failed in that I didn't achieve some desired result I was expecting. Now lasersaber's great results can be obtained with such an elegant and simple set up, I am sure I want to replicate it. It is definitely a nice gadget to show off to friends.

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