Joule Thief

[Pirate88179]

Wayne:

That sounds like a frequency problem.  Try placing a strong neo on or near the transformer on the board.  That should raise the frequency.  Other than that, I have no idea what to tell you, except, congratulations on lighting a cfl...not very easy to do.

Bill

[WayneJT]

Thanks Bill
I just tried a neo near the transformer but still no luck, I originally had a 10k pot just before the cfl and that is what gave me the strobe effect, without it it would flash once the hv cap was charged, about every 4 seconds, so maybe I should be focusing on the resistance, I don't know why this would make a difference but it does and gets pretty close to being fully lit, anyway will keep playing with it and report back any new developments.

Wayne.

[synchro1]

Jeanna for president!

[Pirate88179]

Thanks Bill
I just tried a neo near the transformer but still no luck, I originally had a 10k pot just before the cfl and that is what gave me the strobe effect, without it it would flash once the hv cap was charged, about every 4 seconds, so maybe I should be focusing on the resistance, I don't know why this would make a difference but it does and gets pretty close to being fully lit, anyway will keep playing with it and report back any new developments.

Wayne.

all of the boards I, and most folks, have played with have that cap removed.  Maybe this is the problem?

Bill

[twinbeard]

Well, what you say may be true about old docs BUT, consider that his Father names his country as Kenya.  Kenya was not called Kenya ever, until 1963.  Also, the name of the hospital on the doc was never used until 1978.
This is listed on that hospital's website.

You can find all of this here: (Links included)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya

The territory in question was under dispute at the time of his birth, as it had been for more than a decade.  As is common even today, perhaps the British colonial name was not used by the locals.  Were his father part of traditional family from a country fighting, either literally or diplomaticlly for independence, he would have likely given the name of the country as the name used by the native inhabitants, not the name used by the colonial power being ousted.  This is more likely the case due to "East Africa" being listed to further define the location of Kenya, which would not be widely known at the time.

"From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the "Mau Mau" rebellion against British colonial rule. During this period, African participation in the political process increased rapidly.

The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957.

The Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) was founded in 1960, to challenge KANU."

"On 12 December 1964 the Republic of Kenya was proclaimed"


http://www.kapiolani.org/women-and-children/about-us/default.aspx

From the site listed:
Concerned about the welfare of Hawaii's mothers, Queen Kapi‘olani held luau and bazaars to raise the $8,000 needed to open Kapi‘olani Maternity Home in 1890.

And, remember that Obama said in 2008 that his mother never ever got a long form birth certificate, but now, we have "one".  It is a miracle.  Anyone can look this stuff up for themselves.

Looks like they pulled a copy from the original book to me.  It is entirely possible that his mother did not have a copy. 

Do not take my word, or anyone else's, for it.  Look these things up for yourself.

Well, I did.  You can see the results above.

The term "African-American?  Was never used in 1961.  The term was Negro.  Later, in the 60's they wanted "Black".  And much later it then changed to African-American.  But, not in 1961.

Hawaii is a little different than Mississippi.  For example, the locals would still call you and I "haole" because of our pale skin.  I do work in a south pacific nation that was formerly a  British protectorate, where the term for white people is "imatang."  Likely when his father said African, that is what they put onto the form.

All of this was started by people like the ones I used to win money from at the golf course.  During the round, they would complain about this or that "foolish liberal policy".  Afterwards, they would have a few drinks to lessen the sting of the bets I had just won, and it would degenerate into something along  the lines of "fucking nigger in the fucking white house" which is what was in their mind all along... they just needed the fire water to loosen up enough to say it.  Just a word to the wise;) 

Twinbeard