Joule Thief 101

[tinman]

PS Tinman, that is one heck of a rig there.  They don't allow those in the US anymore as far as I know.  Doubles yes, triples no.

Im actually missing the trucks,and thinking about going back to them.
The only reason i left the truck's,was because of the 17 hour day's,and that dose not leave much time to do your own thing's.

We can tow as many trailers as we want in most outback areas,as long as the prime mover is rated to do so. Most up north of the state two 4 to 5 trailers,and some mine companies have 8 trailer setups. But before you can tow more than two trailers,you need to get !what we call! an MC licence (mass combination) This takes a year of training in the HC (heavy combination) class before you can even go for your MC licence. As you can imagine ,the powers that be want to make sure you know what your doing when you are in control of 200+ ton traveling at 100KPH. But the money is worth the effort. Up north towing road trains,you can get $20 per hour per trailer. So if your towing 4 trailers,and working a 17 hour day,you make a good sum of money for the week

The hardest part of the job is avoiding the idiots on the road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ix7ZgsWTMg


Brad

[tinman]

....gotta delurk and reply.
road trains in OZ are friggin mind blowing. theres the TV show outback truckers ,  4 - 5 trailers and nothing but dirt , mud , rivers , hills and goat tracks!!

I am actually in one of the outback truckers shows lol.
Got paid an extra $700.00 just for appearing in the show--along with two other long haulers.

Brad

[Nink]

....gotta delurk and reply.
road trains in OZ are friggin mind blowing. theres the TV show outback truckers ,  4 - 5 trailers and nothing but dirt , mud , rivers , hills and goat tracks!!

Ive made push pull with arcing FBT before using search coils .  electrical resonance is input signal is equal to feed back signal , the coil and core finds resonance

I grew up in Aus and I used to snuggle up behind the road trains to save fuel.  I moved to Canada about 17 years ago and here up north they drive rigs across the lakes in the winter.  Absolutely Crazy - No brakes and if the ice is to thin...  (no I have never driven one). 

[MileHigh]

Brad:

You can stew in your juices for a month or two and I will answer then.  Sorry, but your BS has been exposed.  Here you are arguing about resonance and you can't even explain what it is for a bloody wine glass.  The whole debate with you has been an exercise in BS and bluster and the usual baiting and switching.  It's been a farce.  I have seen it many times now.

Even alleging that I can't answer my own questions is just a BS charade once again in an attempt to save face, because you know I can answer them.  Delivery in four to eight weeks.

MileHigh

[Pirate88179]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzu6CNtqec

Here is an example of what resonance can do.  The Tacoma bridge.  Wind hitting the support cables hit resonance and brought the bridge down.  We watched this same film in physics class.  That "motorist" running away at the last moment is actually a Professor Farquharson, who tried to rescue the dog in the reporter's car (seen on the bridge).  He got bit and the dog went down with the car when the bridge fell.  I think this is an example of constructive interference (additive) not unlike pushing the child on the swing.  Of course, my physics professor admitted to doing a lot of drugs so....who knows?

Bill