Joule Thief

[WilbyInebriated]

a little message to milehigh:

when you demonstrate 'A single  AA cell lighting a single LED'... i might consider a retraction. until then, you can go spit (from your ivory tower).

[Pirate88179]

Wilby:

Thank you for pointing out that neither you, or I, have ever claimed OU from a JT circuit.  I have been beat up with this for some time now.  I have been told, it is nothing new, and has been around for centuries, etc.

I do still wonder though, why you could amaze those guys while ice fishing with your JT light running off of one of their "dead" batteries?  Why can't we buy a JT flash light if this is so well known and has been around forever?

This is what amazes me.

Thanks again for setting the record straight.

Bill

[NickZ]

   Guys and Gal:
   I feel that there IS More to the Joule Thief.  Much more...
   It will all be proven soon as the Jt can be made to self run and charge. We'll let science explain that one.  I am sitting next to one now that has been running a long time, much longer than the old dead batteries would have run it.  When made to resonate and are tuned properly, the Jt's input can be reduced to almost nothing, possibly even less that nothing, while they are charging batteries, capacitors, and while lighting Leds at the same time.  They can charge batteries without hardly discharging their own run batteries.   I know that you've heard it all before, But, Where is that extra enery coming from... ?  You may not see it, but I do.
   
  My two cents worth, from the side of those that feel that the Jt circuit can output and produce more than it takes to run itself. I know that I'm not the only one that thinks so.
They are so economical to use in lighting systems that use Leds bulbs that its next to being free energy, anyways.
  These little devices are already lighting more areas of my house each day. When connected to solar panels they do provide 100% free energy, over the panels normal output.
  There may be many good reasons why the techonology is not being used commercially, yet,  but it will in the future,
it's a matter of time. Even Leds lights are now becoming popular in households, cars, and gardens,  not so, just a few years ago.
             
                      NickZ
 

[Pirate88179]

Nick:

I totally agree with you.

Bill

[conradelektro]

Might be useful. A little night-light that projects a nice circle of soft light on the ceiling or on a wall.

The Joule Thief circuit is designed for AAA-rechargeable-batteries and runs many nights.

Greetings, Conrad