Joule Thief

[WilbyInebriated]

@ Wilby:

Nice!!!! Very nice!!!!!!!

The second pic was a model A correct?  **EDIT***  Duh!  I just went back and yes, you said it was.

Man, check out that motor in the last pic.  Very nice preservation of our automotive heritage....with a few improvements of course.

Bill

thanks bill!
she's my 'little red barchetta, from a better vanished time'
283 chevy with powerpack heads from an old 'vette, '57 i think. posi traction rear end from a pontiac, she's a mutt.
currently it has a baby holley on it for a carb. we used to have a big 'ol carter afb on it and she would lift the front wheels off the ground in low 1.

i also have a 2 door sedan model A that has been sitting for 15 years cause i'm lazy and would rather fish and frisbee golf than make money to do a frame up on it. in the past we have had a 40 ford sedan with a rodded flathead, a 49 merc. currently my dad has his falcon fetish going, so he has a really rodded out 60 falcon and 46 ford coupe that has spent the last 15 years getting a frame up rod job. i got my eye on a 53 studebaker of a friend who has too many projects and not enough time or money, but that darn fishing addiction...

[jeanna]

OK
Since we are so off topic, and to give my fingers a break and to help Jim in his war on the mice, I will give a little biologist's advice. Anyone who wants to may listen in.

@Jim,

This works.

Oil of pennyroyal causes miscarriages in mammals. The rodents know this by smell, and they will give your house a wide berth if they get a whiff anywhere near it.

We get it in health food stores in the states. It is considered a herbal oil. Put one drop on a cotton ball and stick the cottonball in any of  the rooms where the mice will smell it on arrival. If you know where they are getting in even better put it right there. They will turn tail... (It will not harm you.)

(you could also borrow a cup of cat litter from a neighbor - used    ) but the smell to you is much more pleasant with pennyroyal. It is pepperminty with an extra hit.

Good luck,

jeanna

[Mk1]

@jeanna

The two 7 turns coil are the jt circuit coil connected as usual .
One wire of each coil goes to the + battery.(those wire need to be wound around the toroid in opposite direction , this only determined after all the coils are on)
Ok at the other end of the coils one wire goes to the collector and the other to the 1k resistor exactly like the regular jt.

Now the 26 turns pickup coil are going to give you 60 volts dc each when rectified,If you connect both coil in series out of phase it will give you 102 volts , series in phase 120 volts, Or in parallel 60 volt but double the amps.

@WilbyInebriated

I will let it go for now (i got bigger caps to fry) But don't take my word , research it.
To believe a thing like that one need to make is one mind, but to make a educated guess with out trying to answer to it for your self.Is foolish as foolish as saying it exist in the first place.

@Jim

Fluoride is a rat poison it should be safe around the house since they put it in the toothpaste and in the water (in America)

Lol , this one is funny on so many levels.

[jeanna]

MK1,

I've come to the end of the first 26 turn coil. If I went into the center and out then around the outside on this coil am I supposed to go the same way around the one on the opposite side?

I don't have a handle on phase. I have no Idea how to tell what phase it would be.  If I can just get the direction of turns for the second coil, I think I will be able to do this.

My understanding will come later, after I do it physically.

Thank you.

jeanna

now, don't anyone else give poison suggestions, please. The pennyroyal is a strong deterrent. It won't hurt the mice, they will just stay away because they know they cannot raise a family in Jim's house. - thank you.

[Mk1]

@jeanne

The phases is when the pickup coil is connected the wrong way.It still works but but not as good.

When winding it, you don't need to be thinking of phases yet only when comes time to connect the circuit.

Thank you , keep your good work.


I would not give Fluoride to anyone.

Mark

Edit :The 26 turn coil are like this picture the 2 white things are replaced by the two 7 turn coil.