Joule Thief

[sirmikey1]

Altrez,
   Here are your spikes; it's the shorting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRyKVU6YzYw

[stprue]

SIMPLE SEC running off flexible solar loooooowwwww ma

[stprue]

I noticed something strange....as my supercap fills the circuit draws more ma!  I wonder if it will level off at some happy medium with out drawing unnecessary ma's

[altrez]

Nice work stprue!!!!

[sirmikey1]

Hi,

    Just got a reply, some guy claiming that the toroid is what's causing the spikes. 

Quote: "Their is an parasitic capacity that is inside that toroid. Since any coil has a parasitic capacity. A square has a slpoe (slope?) jump when the square start and stops."

Edit:  He later agreed with me....
Quote: "Yes it could be Base/Emitter activity."

Mikey