Joule Thief

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@ timmy1729

Have you read all of posts? That is what many of them are about.

[Mk1]

Bedini circuit can be used for the Jt i am sure it would work better and recharge a battery and light a led.But really important making the most of the battery.I will post most of the picture soon! Party tomorrow friend with cam  .

[timmy1729]

@ timmy1729

Have you read all of posts? That is what many of them are about.

I guessed I missed where that was discussed.

[Pirate88179]

OK Y'all.  I just illuminated 400 LEDs!!!!!  Yes, single AA battery on the Fuji AA modified board.  Again, some of the photos are blurry even though I used a tripod the last 2 photo sessions.  This digital camera has a heck of a zoom (optical) which is why I use it for work but my video camera has tons better features for low light conditions.

I am really enjoying the color organ I made so I decided to leave the tree up with the 300 leds on it and I just plugged in the last 100 on the end when I hooked them all up in parallel.  Not as bright as 300, of course, but still, not bad, not bad at all considering the power source.  This is still the original battery which by now with all of my other experiments and showing to friends and family many times, has probably a little over 4 hours running time on it.

Now I am tempted to go for 500 but....I probably won't.  I got the second to the last box of leds on special.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

This should show all of my new jumper wires I made yesterday which were employed to make this light up.  If any one wants a photo from a different angle, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

That's 400 LEDs folks, single AA battery.  (I keep repeating this for those that might begin reading the topic here, well, and also because I still can't believe it.

BIll