Joule Thief

[jeanna]

This is the same way ghost Hazens winds and he gets great resluts like you!  It's funny how the slightly altered mk way changes things soooo much!

Oh yes.
I like that Hazens way.
I tested it against some other ways, and I found it to be only a very little bit less strong than the bifilar way. But it is much easier to modify.
So, I use it to make and check the tuning of the coil, but then I switch to a different style later...

I haven't yet proved to myself that the crossed kind that MK1 likes best is best. I believe him, but I haven't tested it much myself.

In fact I will be doing that, because the next plan is to wind the secondary and then add the primary later. Tesla suggested this for tuning, and I want to see if it works for tuning our stuff.

thank you,

jeanna

[xee2]

@ jeanna

so very little of his free energy radiant discoveries made the light of day.

Tesla got a patent for first wireless telegraph. His radiant energy is very common today. We call it radio waves.

[stprue]

@ jeanna

  Now you are also a movie director and producer, cool.

The scope shows voltage when JT is on because JT is coupling to the coil. There does not have to be a direct physical connection for energy to flow from one place to another. Remember my one wire neon? Energy flowed from unconnected wire back to JT by capacitive coupling.

Another example of the skin effect...NICE!!!

[nievesoliveras]

Congratulations Lady @jeanna !

Jesus

[stprue]

Thanks,
What are you calling a tap winding?
Did you go into detail on that? I thought I had read everything. Sometimes I miss a dozen posts when they come too fast.

Please describe, or say where you did.

Thanks.

@Wilby,

thank you

jeanna

Well my last pic's I put up were 4 1 turn (that's 2 from the bottom) that make 170V.  So there are 8 wire to tap into, think of it like multiple pickups but with far less winds/space being taking up.  Just copy my pic of the simple start and I will guide you the rest of the way.  26 guage works the same...what does this mean...well it takes up less space so more can be added.

P.S. Are you making tesla coils yet?  I will start mine in a week or so!