Joule Thief

[Hoppy]

Ncikz . Agree . When you make the circuit  get a balance going first with the resistance in series with an led or in my case two leds in series and a 33kresistor . But also this resistance needs a balance of the capacitor in series with the  diode . Aim for low light and indicator. from there the circuit is in a jitter state and any external touching will either make it brighter on the pos or dimmer on the neg. you can leave your meter leads on it if you like  but i found that messes up the balance and makes it charge Less . So i keep them disconnected till reading ..this morning was a shocking result over 1.5 volts and the nicad was only setting ar 1.228 two days ago.Nicads don't charge that high but this one held it for a bit until the light got brighter and it lost balance. . i don't even know if a cap is needed yet . Might not need one .

Ok . I just checked the cold unit setting outside . Guess what .   it is 1.659 across the nicad and cap .. not emf . not staticvolts . Usable energy .. Power from itself.Or from the vacuum of space itself . OR i have rediscovered power from the aether as Moray did by time consuming experimenting , I bet he had a cap sub and resistor box too

@ Gadgetmail,

That's a lot of resistance you are putting in series with the two LED's. I must have way more current driving my LED, so I will try reducing current.

Regards
Hoppy

[gadgetmall]

read my last post hoppy . i am in a runaway condition .. .over 5 volts now.. m is later 5.38 volts  . i am having to put 100k resistance on the leds now to keep them from blowing c battery feedingv caps . the supercap is puffing out . waiting for it to blow the top off.

i skipped the second video and just went to the runnaway .. Incredible . you guys have NO idea . I have NOTHING external on it . it is in a mad resonate stage and over charging the circuit . I told you something happens when 1.322 volts hits . it gets full bright and blows leds . I just have to keep raising the resistance on my leds before i look and they are gone .

Now 5.79 ... almost 6 volts on the cell reading from the c bat .. this is just 10 mins apart /

runaway vid
http://youtu.be/uGGF66DixGg

[lasersaber]

Sounds awesome gadget! I wish I was there with you right now.  I look forward to trying your modifications.  I think I will have to order some more parts to replicate it exactly.

[gadgetmall]

Ls almost 6 volts on a runaway circuit .   c battery is way beyond my comfort zone .. the super is now puffed its breakaway top . !!! it was only rated 2.5 volts max

[lasersaber]

Set up a camera and video it, explosion and all!