Joule Thief

[Pirate88179]

AbbaRue:

Yes, that is a great thought.  I know about the AV plug (don't really understand it) but I too was curious to see if we can use that somehow.  I just do not know enough (yet) to do so.  If you do, please try this and report back to us.  As you mentioned, and I agree, there are some similarities here with Dr. Stiffler's work and maybe the differences have to do with the AV plug?  I wish I knew more.  I am learning all the time here by reading and doing.  I just think this would be beyond my understanding at the present moment.

I believe Freezer has some of Doc's boards (SEC) and maybe he can discuss the similarities and differences as he sees them?

My brief understanding when doing the one wire connection from the Fuji AA board to the tubes was that I (my body) was acting as a ground in some way.  This may not be accurate at all.  I was just raised thinking you always need two wires to complete a DC circuit.  But after seeing some cool stuff here on OU dot com, I don't think that is true anymore.

Bill

[AbbaRue]

@Pirate88179
A quick test is to short the 2 ends of the LED string plug together and then just connect one wire to the shorted plug.
That will tell you right away if it works as a cold electricity device.
The string of LED's will work like an AV plug because they are light emitting DIODES.
No other parts are needed.

[Pirate88179]

AbbaRue:

Yes, I know they are diodes which is why I can't see this working with the experiment you suggested.  But, I also did not know that the leds string might represent an AV plug of sorts....so....I will give it a try and report back.  Thanks for the idea.  If they do still light, then this means we are closer to what Dr. Stiffler was doing?  Well, no use speculating until I give it a try.  Thanks again.

Bill

[xee2]

@Pirate88179

Can not tell what is in package by label. I bought a 2 pack with this label and one of cameras is an AA board with LED (haven't opened the other one yet). I think this is just the new package style and the cameras inside can still be anything.

[timmy1729]

Timmy:

On your earth battery, you didn't say how many amps (Milliamps) you were getting?  If you get your carbon rod, you should be seeing almost 2 vdc or so at maybe 15 mA's.  (It depends on a lot of variables)  I don't know if this is enough to "start" the simple JT circuit or not.  My ground is about frozen but when I get the chance, i will see if it will.  If it does, then I will try the Fuji AA modified circuit.  I am going to begin with the one like you made.  All of this testing and not enough time.

Bill

@Bill
I haven't checked the mA yet. I will measure this with the galvanised spike and again when I replace the spike with the magnesium. I know really nothing about electricity so I didn't even think to check the mA. Thanks for the reminder. 

I just made another JT with a much bigger toroid than the first. I also put a high-brightness pink(the only color they had for high brightness) LED on it and it is incredibly bright! 
  I don't know if it is more efficient or anything. Can someone tell me how to measure how much this is outputting? I'm not sure where to connect the meter contacts.