Joule Thief

[conradelektro]

Gyula,

thank you very much for your ideas. I know that I have to do something when using LEDs (to protect them from the other "side" of the spikes) and http://www.play-hookey.com/ac_theory/ps_v_multipliers.html shows the way. That helps!

At the moment I am still very much interested in driving neons, FLs and CFLs, and they "eat up" almost completely the negative side. When they shorten through there is not much left from the signal to form a negative side. Therefore I ignored the problem with LEDs.

I am working on bigger air core coils to get at 1500 Volts (starting with 1 to 3 Volts). But also with air core coils it is difficult to reach higher frequencies. High inductance (which one gets with bigger air core coils) seems to be counter productive to high frequency? There is still much to learn for me and every comment from experienced experimenters helps.

Greetings, Conrad

[Pirate88179]

so no one else can tell me what this device is ment to be also

MrMag is correct.  No one can explain it because IST probably didn't know what it was supposed to do either.  That is the point.  IST never explained anything or posted any diagrams or explanations of his work.  He was always very cryptic.


Bill

[dasimpson]

yeah i got to admit i had noticed im upto about page 330 and well all you ever seem to get from ist is rambling he done this and that but no one ever sees what he has done

the bit i found really funny was him trying to measure ampage with the meter leads still set to mesure voltage then absustly rip into some for pointing the fact out

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MrMag is correct.  No one can explain it because IST probably didn't know what it was supposed to do either.  That is the point.  IST never explained anything or posted any diagrams or explanations of his work.  He was always very cryptic.


Bill
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[dasimpson]

jeanna have you manage to light a cfl from your earth battery experements yet

[Cap-Z-ro]

I really had no interaction with IST, but to be factual, the man has has a lot on the ball, in the field of technology.

Focus appears to be a struggle for him at times.

I know someone just like him...there's nobody that I would place ahead of him on the loyalty scale.

You just have to give those types their space...and only respond when prompted...eventually the nuggets are revealed.

Not always the nuggets sought, but nuggets nonetheless.

Its obvious Stefan has him on read only again...so to me, speaking of someone listening but unable to respond is kinda like speaking ill of the dead.

I know he's had dust ups with a few guys I like on here...which was painful to watch, but he doesn't seem to be a bad person...but like the guy I know, he will say anything that pops in his head in the heat of the moment.

Neither are generally abusive toward others, thats where someone would lose my respect...but thats not the case, so lets cut these guys a little slack.

Regards...