Joule Thief

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My fuji , I removed the ballast from the bulb and it works just as good as a 4 foot pole.

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my transformer thief , 2n3055 transistor.

This one gives me 80 volts from rectified ac, even after rectifier i get a 25 volt ac reading i have charged a cap to over 120 volt (i stopped there for the mythbuster moment yes the discharge sparks looking like welding , it lights a neon rated at 120 volt ac but about only 70 is required .
The blue leads are not used but could rectified again not to send any thing back in the coil only out because it causes counter field in the bigger coil.

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transformer thief with a neon 120 vac

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Regular jt running 4 led in series with on the additional windings
When i checked readings on this one with the bridge diode, i got 14 volts per additional coil wire. and could very light some more in the usual joule thief fashion.

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Joule thief with prime and secondary on each side. Germanium transistor.

And some time to digest .