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[gadgetmall]

Thanks Bill. yes thats the stuff i use . Its simular . My hardner is drops instead I chose this kind but there is that kind as well . Yes this stuff is great . I already made a few round ones and this is why i chose clear cast lucite becuase of its light amplifying properties . You can also color it with a drop of food color dye if you chose to. Make sure its well ventelated as it stinks ! And also you can cut the curing time down to a few hours if you set it in front of a heater like a little ceramic heater . This stuff will work in any mold that is mad of a rubbery plastic ,The also sell some spray that coats molds for quick release , sort of like PAM spray for your baking pan

Jeanna . I don't know that the CFl does produce heat BUT we are ignighting the gas plasma in the tube so there should be a tiny amount of heat in there . Also if you note that if you warm the cfl with a hair dryer before you fire it it will be 5 times brighter ! maybe the clear enclosure will serve to keep some heat in there and make it brigher while difusing or rather AMPLIFYING the light like those ice cube leds .

@all  I have not ordered any toroids from Jeanna's supplier yet because of Christmas wiped me out ! I need time to recover . In the meantime you can get free ones from mag-inc.com . you just pay shipping

I think we need to have a supplier list made and then have Pirate post it in the diagrams area for Quick reference being that topic is locked and things get losed in here quick . i used to have the page written down but now the page numbers changed and we only have 700 pages instead of 1000's . We need newbe wire supplier , torroid suppliers led and transistor suppliers in there !
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[gadgetmall]

freepower Nice job with the EBjt ! I have found that Zinc rods and carbon produce more current but are more expensive and a lot heavier ! The cap serves as a current booster across your Eb try a 3500 uf at 10volts low esr


Also i would like to say Congratulations to Groundloop on his new well deserved title !

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[Silvije]

Merry Christmas!

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[tysb3]

Hi
my JT not overcome > 1.
JT is good, when you play with AC and voltage. but when you need DC and curent, you get the power looses to transform.

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[tysb3]

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