Joule Thief

[Artic_Knight]

now maybe someone can try to enlighten me but if the neos are not moving and thus not inducing a current then what the heck are they doing thats assisting in lighting a light?

[electricme]

@Jeanna,
Congrats lady,    you did it at last, my fluro is not as bright as yours, well done.

If you hook that WC up, be careful with it, its got bite.


jim

[gadgetmall]

I
am
smiling

Thank you xee and Hazens!
7watt fluoro tube
15 watt fluoro tube
no go on the cfl.

I needed some magnet action to make it turn on
Not the one that connects to pos, but just the pickup
and 100uF across battery rail
100nF (104k) across base resitor

yeay!!

jeanna

We are smiling also Jeanna . Good going !

[xee2]

@ Mk1

i made a drawing of the stark , why because he uses bemf , but really because of his automatic neon switch on the triac when the cap reaches 80 volts.

Thanks. I am going to need something like that soon. But this circuit continues to drain battery after it stops charging cap so someone has to switch off battery when neon comes on.

[the_big_m_in_ok]

LOL = LOTS OF LAUGH'S

Gadget

>>I learned awhile ago LOL = "Laugh Out Loud"
At least that's what I was told.  There are probably a lot of those acronyms by now.  Text messaging, you know.

BTW, (there's another = By The Way) , If I can survive in this town somehow, and I have the time, I certainly will test a few of the schematics I've downloaded or copied to see if they're as efficient as they say they could or should be.

--Lee