New Jewel Thief "Resonate LCR Circuit" Much less energy draw....

[Pirate88179]

Jeanna:

Excellent explanation of the rheostat on the positive wire.  I use these now too once I saw Lidmotor's video.  I also agree with you about waste.

Great points you made.

Bill

[sirmikey1]

  @Xee; Thanks, as I had yet to try your darlington suggestion. I'll try this immediately.  Tried the  car coil; takes the AA battery out fast.  Also appreciate and noted your other recommendations.   

    @jeanna; Agreed, hard to compare.  The JT, the BEMF, would think that every flashlight and portable electrical device on the market would soon have one of these.  $...   Chilliqueen NPN never hot with right resistor.  Open circuits, CQ may outrun the JT.  How long before science catches up to this stuff? 

  Load...   Darvo's Simple SEC has open transistor base....  Meyers forbid resistors/shorting, used chokes instead...   Anyone tried triggering the transistor base with a choke instead of resistance?  That and/or maybe an ultra sensitive NPN base?    Mindless rant, but how about an ultra sensitive transistor that specifically/reliably self oscillates, variable. 

  Oh well.... and pardon the brainstorm...

Regards,
Mikey       

[xee2]

@ sirmikey1

Tried the  car A; takes the AA battery out fast.

That is strange. The circuit I just posted only uses 28 ma to light the fluorescent tube. That is less than one half the current used by CQ original circuit, so batteries should last twice as long.

[sirmikey1]

Xee,
   I tried using one of those imhotep 60's car coils.  Maybe I need one like yours.  I wired it according to morpher4's schematic here below, if you don't mind taking a peek...
Miikey

[xee2]

@ sirmikey1

Try the circuit I posted. An ordinary car ignition coil should work. Once you have that working you can try to find a smaller coil that will also work. The "HV" terminal is the plug at the top of the coil.