Joule Thief

[Mk1]

@timmy

Sorry you got it soldered wrong the + and - are the outputs.

[timmy1729]

@timmy

Sorry you got it soldered wrong the + and - are the outputs.

Whoooooops 

I hope I didn't fry anything.

[Mk1]

@timmy

I am pretty sure it won't blow anything, That fear of breaking stuff has to stop NOW.IF you do its a good thing and it will mean something, but that fear is slowing you down , you have to stop that , try anything that's the point , so far everybody has success , you will to, let it happen.

I know you will show us a lots of stuff.

Keep the great work!

[Pirate88179]

@ All:

I have not had much time but I grabbed my new breadboard and hooked it to JT circuit #3 which I made using the ferrite bead. (Not toroid)  I left the original 28,500 MCD superbright LED (10 mm) on the circuit and added one of my new 265,000 MCD superbrights (10 mm) to the circuit in parallel.  Man, that thing is very bright!!!!  You could make a great flashlight using just one of these things. Both LEDs light brightly...I put a mirror next to the lower powered one so you can see it.

I have much more to do using the caps and the iron wire.  I have plenty of iron wire left over from building my Stubblefield coils so I will try it and see what happens.  Only thing I don't get is why the iron wire does not short to itself when wound on the toroid?  In the NS coils we built, we used cotton insulation.  Magnet wire has the varnish.  My iron wire is just bare.  Of course, he did say it was florist's wire which is probably painted green so maybe that acts as insulation?  I am sorry I can't go back and see who posted that while posting here but....good work.

I seem to have 5 folks on this board somewhere that do not like me.  (Hopefully not in this topic, ha ha)  I have no idea what I might have done to anyone, much less 5 people, to get negative vibes.  Oh well, that's life.

Bill

[jonnydavro]

@Wilby,Electricme,mk1, thanks.I think there is plenty off mileage left in this thread.It seems like a big jigsaw puzzle and everyone seems to be bringing a piece.This thread has really peaked my interest and the performance off the joule thief circuit and what can be done with it suprised me.I still can't believe i am lighting 25 leds and running a pulse motor at high rpm on a battery that won't work in my camera and i still have the bemf off the coil to play with so i am joining the train,lets see where it takes us. Regards jonnydavro.