Joule Thief

[NickZ]

   Gadget:
   Good to hear the information on the ham radio tie in to telephone, or internet.
We had to use cb radios where I live here for about 10 years as there was nothing else, until we bought the telephone central and had it installed for the first 36 phone lines.
  We may have to rely on those measures like cb radios again in the future.
 
   kooler: Any news of the special diodes or other methods for the self-runner?
   John Bedini tried to get the Hartley oscillators working on very low draw, but didn't have much luck. He wanted me to try something along those lines, but he couldn't get it working right himself.

Here's a picture of the Pc board of one of my solar garden lights. Notice that there is no transistor, or toroid, just an axial inductor, three small caps, a resistor, two diodes, and several candle light colored leds. It had 4 or 5 leds originally. Other garden lights that I have use two transistors, but this one has none, and works with several leds. So, there's more improvements on them all the time. I got a bunch of these garden lights for free.
Along with the solar panels (pic).




 

[WilbyInebriated]

Here's a picture of the Pc board of one of my solar garden lights. Notice that there is no transistor, or toroid, just an axial inductor, three caps, a resistor, a diode, and several candle light colored leds. It had 4 or 5 leds originally. Other garden lights that I have use two transistors, but this one has none, and works with several leds. So, there's more improvements on them all the time. I got a bunch of these garden lights for free.
Along with the solar panels (pic).

nick, i think if you turn that board over, on the back you will find a small rounded raised black disc. that would be the transistor.

[NickZ]

  Wilby:
  Good observation. The transistor is on the back left hand corner.
                                                                    thanks,
                                                                                 Nick

[WilbyInebriated]

  Wilby:
  Good observation. The transistor is on the back left hand corner.
                                                                    thanks,
                                                                                 Nick

i thought you might find one i would have been VERY interested in it had it had no transistor

[NickZ]

  I was very interested, as I did not think to look on the back for it.