Joule Thief

[jeanna]

@resonanceman

You are having some success with the joule thief self charger.
I have not been able to put it to work again.

Jesus

Hi Jesus,
I wanted to mention this and this is the right opportunity.

If you were able to charge your battery from your set up even if it is not correct and even if it did come from a loose wire connection, that very thing may be what you need to explore.

Please tell us exactly where the loose connection was. Like even draw it on your circuit. It may be the very information we need. Perhaps there was an extra pulsing in that place which made more back emf in the right place etc.......
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( For instance, my 2tier circuit has some very odd things going on. Only odd, because if all the wires were connected in a single loop the lights should be equally bright; but they are not. If pulling out "light A" makes one other light "light B" go out then why , if you reverse this and pull out light B does light A not go out?

I am sure there is a reasonable explanation, but it is not what you would expect to see at first glance. I believe it has to do with the inductor toroid being there and doing something at that point.)
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I bet you have a circuit within a circuit that is doing something special with the main toroid inductor.

So, I would love to see a schematic of your "mistake with the loose wire".

thank you,

jeanna

[Pirate88179]

Jeanna:

Thanks.  I like Bill but have never seen that on capacitors before.  Very interesting reading to be sure.  I like his analogy as well.  He is a good teacher.

Bill

[gadgetmall]

@pirate
Bill If you tried to read amps then your meter is fried on the amp scale .  Its over 650 amps !!!!!!!!!! DO NOT TRY AND READ ACROSS IT WITH AN AMP METER unless you got one of those fancy GOLFCART TESTERS and it might blow that as well . . you need a fuse in series with it to avoid fire !! and you don't need a diode . It will only slow down the charge rate . Remember this is not a toy cap this is the Big Daddy .I guess i need to put a Disclaimer on Site there in case someone burns their house down and also it will shock the S*** out of you if you have sweaty hands!!! Even 2 volts at 650 amps hurts and it is DC ,it wont let you go like AC will . It contracts your muscles and makes you grab it harder )))  I have Bigger Big Mama  1200 farads !!!  1 bill will get her

Good Testing  !!!

Gadget

[jeanna]

Yes Bill, you are welcome,
I would have to say that Bill Beaty was my first electronics teacher. I would read and re-read his pages. He wrote that page in 1996. I think I found it in 1997.

When I walked into the high school electronics lab that fateful day, ALL I had for background in electronics or circuits was from Bill Beaty. I had to re-learn some customary concepts just to get along in that lab. I learned how to solder and use a led and very practical things in that E-lab, but I took most of the theory with a grain of salt, because I had already been introduced to answers to the unusual questions nobody really answers. ... and it continues...

jeanna

[gadgetmall]

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Gadget