Joule Thief

[altrez]

@jim

NICE WORK!!!!!!

@all

I am looking for a good place to order some supercaps. Would anyone happen to have some links?

Thanks!

-Altrez

[jeanna]

.but I should since I can't read circuit diagrams for sh!t.

It is interesting, I got into electronics in the first place only so I could follow what Tesla was talking about. I had the pamphlet from George Trinkhaus on the coil plus one on tesla's other inventions.
I soo loved what I could follow but when it came to reading the diagrams, I was just lost.

I never expected to be experimenting with it myself but after I took the High school drop in class, even though I was still having trouble reading schematics, I was totally hooked!

I'm glad you have a ignition coil...I think these higher voltages will help us further our ventures.

Do you know what to do with the fact that the primary and secondary are connected?
do I go inside somehow?
Can I hook it up to only the secondary?

thanks,

jeanna

[Pirate88179]

@jim

NICE WORK!!!!!!

@all

I am looking for a good place to order some supercaps. Would anyone happen to have some links?

Thanks!

-Altrez

This is where I got most of mine:

http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/90420-capacitor-ultra-10f-2-7v-radial-eshsr-0010c0-002r7.html

At the bottom of this page, you can navigate to other Farad capacities like 25, 100, 300, etc.

If you get into the larger sizes (Like my 650 Farad cap) Gadgetmall has the best deal on them I know about.

Bill

[altrez]

It is interesting, I got into electronics in the first place only so I could follow what Tesla was talking about. I had the pamphlet from George Trinkhaus on the coil plus one on tesla's other inventions.
I soo loved what I could follow but when it came to reading the diagrams, I was just lost.

I never expected to be experimenting with it myself but after I took the High school drop in class, even though I was still having trouble reading schematics, I was totally hooked!
Do you know what to do with the fact that the primary and secondary are connected?
do I go inside somehow?
Can I hook it up to only the secondary?

thanks,

jeanna

I have a few Ignition Coils and cant seem to get them to do anything with the JT. The connection on the top is the only connection for the secondary I think might be wrong.

I hooked the Pickup coil to the + and - of the ICOIL and did not get much from the secondary. I think its a Resistance thing.

I hooked the coil up to a pulsed AC driver and it lit a 48" floro brightly!

-Altrez

[Pirate88179]

Jim:

Great work down there!!!

I wonder if it is because of the spikes again?  Since the "old" style cap. charges faster, maybe it is taking advantage of those spikes that we see better than the supercap?  The larger size SC's will take a bit longer to charge up but possibly you found the right balance with the right caps for your EB. (Or now EER as we are calling them: Earth Energy Receiver or BEER: Bifilar Earth Energy Receiver)

They are filling fast enough to work with the spike pulses and smooth it out enough to light the led.  Have you tried sticking a second led into the mix?

Very good work my friend.

Bill