Joule Thief

[crowclaw]

Great to see the old crew here again!!!  Ah, the JT projects are still going.....this is great to see.  I will hopefully have some more time now to get back into all of this...and more.  Jim, Gadget, Crowclaw, and all of the others....really great to see you guys.

Bill

Yeah.... Still around Bill and Guys, Crowclaw

[kd5sgs]

Thanks to Pirate and gadgetmall, I was able to complete the AAA Fuji Circuit.  I was playing around with a toroid touch parts of the fuji board, to my surprise once I touched 2 pins of the transformer, the light got brighter! Does anyone know why this happened?

http://www.overunity.com/12606/cvs-disposable-camera/msg333289/#msg333289

[Ganzha]

here with bulb
http://youtu.be/zhxFcyh-CuM

[sparks]

Thanks to Pirate and gadgetmall, I was able to complete the AAA Fuji Circuit.  I was playing around with a toroid touch parts of the fuji board, to my surprise once I touched 2 pins of the transformer, the light got brighter! Does anyone know why this happened?

http://www.overunity.com/12606/cvs-disposable-camera/msg333289/#msg333289

  You altered the capacitance of the circuit and approached resonance more closely.
@Bill

      Thinking about your work the other day while researching the new battery systems coming out that you charge with salt water.  I live where the swamp hits the ocean and find it would be a great place for a saltwater power plant.  On a camping trip all your lighting needs could be supplied by bringing a shaker of salt with you!  Standford University is developing these batteries using very cheap materials.  Japaneese are developing a fuel cell that uses manganeese also.  Exciting days ahead.     http://www.gizmag.com/rechargeable-battery-freshwater-seawater/18565/

[Pirate88179]

  You altered the capacitance of the circuit and approached resonance more closely.
@Bill

      Thinking about your work the other day while researching the new battery systems coming out that you charge with salt water.  I live where the swamp hits the ocean and find it would be a great place for a saltwater power plant.  On a camping trip all your lighting needs could be supplied by bringing a shaker of salt with you!  Standford University is developing these batteries using very cheap materials.  Japaneese are developing a fuel cell that uses manganeese also.  Exciting days ahead.

That sounds very interesting.  I would like to see some of those.  Is there any info out there on them yet?

Bill