Joule Thief

[innovation_station]

I think when you are trying to copy something which nature has done, which I think we are doing in creating electricity for our wires, we have a better shot when we copy the shape of it too. Maybe, it evolved to be the best shape.

It is the reason I think the iron core is best too.
I was astonished when someone maybe Bill said that ferrite is the form iron is in when it is mined.

You can make a toroid air core by wrapping the wires around a bendy straw, but it may not be as powerful.

Last week I took a Stubblefield coil out of the box and connected it as a joule thief and it with its linear arrangement and 360 turns gave me 3.6volts at 41.6KHz off the secondary. When I removed the core, the voltage went up a squeek to 4.5volts but the frequency plummeted to 7.5KHz. (This is as read off a secondary which may be too short.)  I just do not think the air or the straight shape is much benefit.
It certainly works. I am not saying this is scientific, but it does not impress me enough to change from the reflection of the shape in nature which is the torus, to the cylinder.

Good question Wilby,

jeanna

this is important   




jeanna   do you have a neo ....  you will love the result as it will ringg the next level ... 

please try it ....

ist!

for a setup such as this.... dc may well be prefered  i would then polorize the electrofied neos...

ps a quenched spark gap is almost the same a neo zap but neo zap incorprates the spark engery and moves the magnet makeing your make and break thus eliminitating the need for the transistor or relay on the higher end ....

some of the coolest things i have done this time round were with electro and neo ... 

[stprue]

jeanna
have a look at the transformers at the top of this page
http://www.amazing1.com/transformers.htm

notice there are no toroids. 

Check out this!!!
http://www.amazing1.com/ion-gun.htm

Pretty cool

[WilbyInebriated]

thanks for the replies people, this is why i love this little group here. 
i have been going in the high voltage/high freq. direction (only one of my jt's is toroid core and it has the lowest freq.). so i will leave the toroids to those of you who are going in the toroid direction.

side note. i am at the lake and setting up a REAC with coax cable, spark plug, big cap and a battery. i damaged my hand pretty good yesterday fighting with a boat lift so i may not get to climb the pole to put up the coax today. i will keep you guys up to date on it.

[jeanna]

Check out this!!!
http://www.amazing1.com/ion-gun.htm

Pretty cool

stprue,
Do you think ion cannons will help when Darth Vadar and the empire find us here? 

@Ist,

I do not understand yet.

Are you saying I should stick a neo to the toroid?
I thought that raised the freq and lowered the volts.
It did on Kubikop's video, at least.

Maybe you are trying to tell me something different?

Please try again. Yes I have a few neos. but where should I stick them?

thank you,

jeanna

[stprue]

stprue,
Do you think ion cannons will help when Darth Vadar and the empire find us here? 

Well I was thinking more along the lines of wireless energy transfer!