Joule Thief

[TinselKoala]

I'd like to know other people's results from switching the ground and antenna hookups. Preliminary testing of my single module using 1n34a diodes seems to be telling me there's no difference.....

Tomorrow I'm going to erect a large metal plate (actually a roll of heavy duty aluminum foil) up in the attic. We have a metal roof, so that should be interesting..... Maybe I'll hook a wire to the roof itself, even though it's attached to the house, it's a huge area of sheetmetal....

And there is a huge difference in my mind between "overunity" performance and harvesting some of the energies that are constantly swirling around us.....

[Groundloop]

I'd like to know other people's results from switching the ground and antenna hookups. Preliminary testing of my single module using 1n34a diodes seems to be telling me there's no difference.....

Tomorrow I'm going to erect a large metal plate (actually a roll of heavy duty aluminum foil) up in the attic. We have a metal roof, so that should be interesting..... Maybe I'll hook a wire to the roof itself, even though it's attached to the house, it's a huge area of sheetmetal....

And there is a huge difference in my mind between "overunity" performance and harvesting some of the energies that are constantly swirling around us.....

TK,

I did try switching my circuit the other way around, and I got the same voltage output. But I think an outside antenna can
receive more than just RF. If you put an uninsulated wire between to poles, then the wind and rain will generate a lot of static
electricity to be harvested from the wire to ground. Looking forward to see the result of your plate test. Are you going to spray
the aluminum plate with paint etc. to get the plate insulated from the air?

GL.

[TinselKoala]

I hadn't planned on insulating the foil except at its supports. But after I experiment with the bare foil for a while I may try spraying it with Krylon or something like that. I think that my attic might be almost a Faraday cage, though, with that metal roof. About half the house wiring also runs in the attic, so it's bound to be a very interesting EM environment.

[nievesoliveras]

A couple of days back I drew this explanation from totoalas:

[totoalas]

Ac neuground rf charger v3 04013   yt  imtotob
Still cannot connect ou in my deskstop sorry about that
71V dc in 12 mins

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