Joule Thief

[tgraca]

TinselKoala, I watched some of your Akula replications and didn't really get it. Is the big deal that it lasts a while on a capacitor?
I have a very simple circuit with two 3F caps, a resistor, a bolt wound bifilar type coil and a 3904 transistor that runs an LED for about
2.5 hours on a 5 second charge, but I didn't think it was a big enough deal to share in a video. Is it?

[TinselKoala]

Surveillance reports that she is alive and well.

That's nice. It is completely "out of character" for her to refrain so long from posting, though. Does "surveillance" have any explanation for that, I wonder?

[TinselKoala]

TinselKoala, I watched some of your Akula replications and didn't really get it. Is the big deal that it lasts a while on a capacitor?
I have a very simple circuit with two 3F caps, a resistor, a bolt wound bifilar type coil and a 3904 transistor that runs an LED for about
2.5 hours on a 5 second charge, but I didn't think it was a big enough deal to share in a video. Is it?

Ah... but the device as demonstrated by Akula does not run down _at all_ , it is self-running, according to the claims of Akula/Ruslan/Stivep. The main "replication" that I made of one of Akula's circuits produces identical waveforms to his on the scope, yet runs down immediately when its supply power is disconnected, or in a few seconds using a larger capacitor. Akula's just keeps on running. This is why I think it has concealed batteries inside one of the capacitor cans, which would make it perform just as he shows, waveforms and all.

[tgraca]

TinselKoala - I finally ran my experiment today after spending most of my day laughing at your little drama with the troll queen.
Although the earth doesn't like my idea of running earth batteries in series, multiple earth batteries within inches of each other
can power my simplified joule thief circuits with only about a 5% loss in power. I haven't tested further distances more then 2"
apart, but there's your forever lights. A few inches of copper pipe and a few feet of aluminum wire about 6" deep. I'll do further
tests and verify, but I could imagine replacing those obtrusive solar lights with this technology for about $1 each
(plus free labor - mine)

PS - re: "This is why I think it has concealed batteries inside one of the capacitor cans, which would make it perform just as he shows, waveforms and all." - I didn't get this at all from your videos...

[MarkE]

That's nice. It is completely "out of character" for her to refrain so long from posting, though. Does "surveillance" have any explanation for that, I wonder?

I can put in new paperwork asking for more details.  Everywhere there is so much red tape.