Joule Thief

[electricme]

Electricme's series battery setup

WARNING
This Battery Bank is dangerous in incompetant hands.

If you have NO electrical experience or are inexperienced with electrical knowledge, DO NOT Make this Battery pack.
If you have not made a battery bank before, then read my instructions below.
If you have no idea of what you are doing (BE HONEST it's your life), then don't proceed further.

If you kill yourself or get injured in any way, thats your fault entirely, not mine.
If "you" decide to proceed to make this series battery, then you accept FULL responsibility entirely
and absolve me entirely from any blame or financial writ.
I am NOT encourraging anyone to make this battery bank.

I provide the diagram below in the interest of science technology only.



   (+)--\        /---\       /---\       /---\        /-00-\       /---\        /---\        /---\        /-00-\       /---\        /--\
           [||||]      [||||]      [||||]      [||||]        [||||]      [||||]       [||||]      [||||]        [||||]      [||||]     |
                                                                                                                                                          |
       /------------------------------------------O_O----------------------------------------------------------/
       |                                          Emergency make n break switch
       \-\        /---\       /-00-\        /---\       /---\       /---\        /-00-\        /---\       /---\       /---\       /---\
           [||||]      [||||]        [||||]      [||||]      [||||]      [||||]        [||||]      [||||]      [||||]     [||||]      |
                                                                                                                                                          /
     (-) ------\       /--00--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   [||||] 21st battery

  00     denotes a fuse
[||||]  denotes a battery


To make a larger array, just add more 12v gell cells in series to the original ones
Every 48Volts, add a fuse in series.
Connect up DC cells in "banks ONLY"

Stand on a rubber mat
Wear rubber soled shoes
Use insulated gloves
Use "tools" designed for high DC voltages.
Work in a very dry area only

Never Ever, Ever connect from the beginning to the end, at each addition,  the voltage rises 12v to the previous amount.

jim


A word of warning
DC voltage can KILL you, any voltage above 24volts take precortions, dont rush, keep the battery bench clean.
Don't hold tools or any metal objects in your hands if you need to check connections or measure batt voltages.
Take off any metal watches, fastenings, bangels metal jewlery, because if it contacts any exposed terminal, it will vaporise in an instant.
Molton metal takes a long time too cool, it will travel through the flesh downward, and wont stop until it cools.

[innovation_station]

ist throws the CAUTION FLAG!!!


thats the SWORD!   THE K ONE !   


listen to   jims warning!

W

how bout a relay or 10   jim lol 

pop 1 after each battery!  so when the last is full  the next begins to charge!  and motor / coil speed increases ...   

: )

you can then throw a 100w 120vac bulb at the end of each chain ...  and when the light comes on its full ...  and ready to power your house ... 

then just swap strings ..  if you had enough batteries ...  you will never run out of power ....
: )

[jeanna]

but ist,
They should all be filling at the same time are they not?

@jim,
I don't even own a second 12 volt battery, but I do want to know where to put that preassembled diode thing.

and confirmation that the drawing I made is right or where it is wrong... please?

thank you,

jeanna

[xee2]

@ jadaro2600

Using matched axial lead inductors in the configuration below - by bring a magnet near one, I am able to turn the oscillations OFF, by bringing it close to another, I am able to brighten the LED output OR turn it off using magnetic orientation...

Some help in figuring this out would be appreciated...

Are you using air core coils? It may not be the magnets, it may just be that you are bringing something magnetic into the field of the coils - plain steel may do the same thing.

[jeanna]

OK jim,
Here is the latest correction.
I  reversed the direction of the transistor. I hope that works.

and the diode thing, please.
,

jeanna

You know Jim, maybe if you put the pot on the (+) side of the battery, that would save the transistor but not change the special effect??