Joule Thief

[jeanna]

I found a spark gap that works.

That is so even. I guess it does.
Can you not see the spark jumping the gap?

I would like to see what this looks like. It was a hypothesis of mine that the 2 wires at the top of a stubblefield generator that were to be left alone were to exchange a spark across a gap to make the oscillation in the coil and thus generate the inductance out the secondary.

No one agreed with me at the time, but I still think it may be what he had going on. And, I would buy a couple/few just to put them in place to see what happens.

Nice,

jeanna

[xee2]

@ jeanna

Can you not see the spark jumping the gap?

The packages are not clear, but you can see when it sparks so it is obvious that it is working.

[jeanna]

@ jeanna

The packages are not clear, but you can see when it sparks so it is obvious that it is working.

Xee2,
I just did a search since wilby didn't ask where.
So, please say where you found these?
My usual places don't have them.
And the ones I found were for higher voltage, I think... not sure, so I am asking.

thanks,

jeanna

[WilbyInebriated]

jeanna, i found them @ mouser $1.36 each, digikey has them also.
http://www.mouser.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=PLZ7Wb1ZjBNyY2iro4n9bw%3D%3D

[xee2]

@ jeanna

I would like to see what this looks like.

Most large electronic parts distributors have them. Bourns web page has list of distributors with quantities in stock.


This is link to PDF data sheet.  http://www.bourns.com/data/global/pdfs/2027.pdf