EER Joule Thief using an earth battery to start a joule thief.

[lasersaber]

Jeanna,

I got it working! I can light lots of LEDs right off my earth battery.  They are super bright too. Now I will have to go out and buy a lot more LEDs.  I will post pictures and a video later.  Thanks so much for your help.

[Pirate88179]

Happy New Year to everyone here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill

[lasersaber]

Earth Battery Lights 61 LEDs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flbfxAHC7-c

[jeanna]

Earth Battery Lights 61 LEDs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flbfxAHC7-c

Very nice
5 stars.
Just to be sure that I understand, I asked on the video if each of the bulbs and the single led are connected to the same place on the secondary.
That would give you 4 separate parallel circuits off the secondary.
I am sure this is what you are doing, but I want to point it out.

And, perhaps you did NOT notice this... the leds in the bulbs are wired in series.
Of course, this is so they don't blow up with the wall power, but it also shows how much you are getting because to light 20 (I counted 19 on mine-I guess I can't count  ) leds in series AT ALL is plenty.
I would say you are getting almost too much for the single.
It must be in an amazing balance of high voltage but low enough to not pop that one.

Please let us know the numbers of winds and are you using a resistor? etc.
thank you,

jeanna

[Foggy-Notion]

Good golly, those aligator clips really dwarf that tupawear.
That's the second smallest food container I've ever seen.
What are you using to pusle your DC?  Or are you?
I mean that looks like a transformer.
You're gonna make me read huh?