Joule Thief

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@ resonanceman

How many wires are connected in series for your secondary? I am not sure how many pairs are in a cat 5 cable.

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@ stprue

  Congratulations. Looks real good. Can you give some data like battery drain and number of turns for each section?

[stprue]

Thank you xee, most of the information is on the previous page.  Tomorrow I will post energy drain and I say energy drain because I dont use a battery.  I have a power supply set at 1.5 vDC and .5amp.  I will post more tomorrow.

[jeanna]

@stprue,
Very very nice.
congratulations!

PARTS
1 Biggo Ferrite Toroid from all electronics
or electronic goldmine
1 2N3055 transistor from RS
1 1000v bridge rectifier
1 400v metalized cap at I believe .01pF
3 2.5v 10F supercaps from maxwell
1 POT I think mine is a 1K but it might be more.

3 Base turns
15 Collector turns
both with 30 gauge mag wire from RS

265 turns on the Pickup with 28 gauge wire

OK so somehow you got your 2N3055 to start with those base and collector coils in the opposite  (normal) arrangement.

Hmm. It is what I expected, but did not find.

The restof it...
I know the pot is on the base resistor

What is the bridge doing and where is it?
And also please say where the caps are.
0.01pF Are you sure? and where is this one?
oh anyway, where are all of them.

Thank you.

jeanna

[stprue]

humm not sure what happened to that post. I looks like it turned into a topic with your name.  I will try to delete.