Joule Thief

[jeanna]

All right, the NOP

but I think when one holds either side of a secondary wrapped around a toroid which is powered by a dead battery with no capacitors in sight. One is pretty darn safe!!

The fuji cap flash burned a char spot in my tablecloth last year. That was 300V spark. pow!

I got good jitters from the cap and xenon copper connection. It was not going to kill me even if I did hold one in each hand.
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@Gadgetmail,

.05 volts. That's nuthin 

Last year, I recorded 0.0964v one day. I may have been upset. I don't remember.

(oooo this mac is so easy to type upon. no sticky keys or anything!)

@Bill,
I just watched some of your videos. Good stuff. I didn't realize you shorted the plug.. (where was I?) I will try that with my array thief. the MK1 is the highest.. 36Volts rectified...

What happens if you touch the open wire? or ground it in the ckt? does it go out ?

thanks all. good info today.

jeanna

[timmy1729]

i don't want you to keep quiet at all.
your expertise, ideas, could be helpfull.

it is your right to dislike him for his way of posting informations.



@all
here is something very interesting about "not destroying a source(battery) dipoles"
aka "electrons recycling".

some of you will recognize Mr. Stiffler basic schematic.
just replace the electrodes with a load.

the load will see the same potential difference as if it was connected directly to the source.
in commun speak, it can theoricaly double the charge a battery could deliver.

Is there a schematic for the electrolyzer?

@All

I made a Darlington pair a week or so ago. Has anyone tried making the pair with an NPN and PNP? I've seen that there are advantages and disadvantages to both. That's why I got the PNP. I wanted to try both ways out. Also, the Wikipedia page for the Darlington said that it also worked with more than two transistors. Anyone try three         

No, I'm not building a practice amp 
I don't need that when I have a Peavey TransTube Supreme half stack    11 years old and it still is louder than anything I've ever touched. Spinal Tap turns it to 11. I turn it to 1. Playing with people who are mic'd, I turn it to 4. Sorry for the off topic tangent 
I got that amplifier chip because it was under a dollar and I wanted to see if I could hack it into a JT circuit or Kodak circuit in some fashion to "amplify" if possible.. I figure if it doesn't work, I can always make a radio  And, if I fry it, I'm out a dollar 

Can someone recommend where to hook both wires from the pickup coil on the JT? Someone said behind the base of the transistor. Do I use the + or -, and where do I put both of them or just skip the rectifier and where do I put both of them? I also have 1k and 100k resistors and a variable resistor to work with. I've been winding this pickup coil on and off for a few evenings now. I'm going to try and finish it tomorrow night. It should put out some juice! I hope! I'm putting as many windings of this wire on there as I can fit.

[Pirate88179]

@ Abbarue:

I did the test you suggested and scanned the range of the am band.  Wait until you see (actually, hear) my next video which is uploading to YT as we speak.  In the 7000 KHz range, I encountered something interesting.  This was with the toroid JT circuit.  You can actually hear it accelerating to a very high frequency. This starts all over again when I switch off the JT and turn it on again.

Actually, I hope everyone can hear this as I think it is telling us something about our circuits.

@ Jeanna:

About my videos, thank you.  As to your question if I grounded the "extra" wire on my single wire tests, no I did not.  As for did I try touching it to see what happens...yes I did...and I got Zapped again!  Zapped with only one wire.  Interesting isn't it?  I actually tried what you suggested just after I made that video.  I was holding my little camera at the time, I am glad it did not get taken out.  Check out this next video.  I will post it when done uploading.  Thanks.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

Here is the link to my latest video.  You have to hear this.  This reminds me of the sounds a turbine makes when spinning up.  Thanks Abbarue for your suggestion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=041LPyBJULs


Bill

[gadgetmall]

@jeanna
touché  and OUCH !!!

@all
   ok a way to produce something usable from a joule thief . Has anyone tried that electro lizer  with a Fugi yet . the reason i am asking is i am going to because i bought this thing cheap and want to use the gas to heat with .. either from the Bedini output or Fugi .. Its all Stainless Steel with Glass Innards and a window to see the bubbles being produced with rubber seals and a thumb screw closer .