Joule Ringer!

[Pirate88179]

Walmart is the one that carries those LOA bulbs in my area.  About $7.00 each.

Bill

[LeaningGreen]

I had to use the buy 3 and free shipping from Amazon. lol
Not a store with in 75mi of me had them.

Thanks for all the info Bill. Much appreciated.

[Pirate88179]

I had to use the buy 3 and free shipping from Amazon. lol
Not a store with in 75mi of me had them.

Thanks for all the info Bill. Much appreciated.

No problem at all.

You will put those three to good use I am sure.  When you see how great they light compared to a cfl on the same JT, you will love them.

PS  I did not mod the bulbs in any way and used the Edison base to hook up my wires.  I have no idea why that works, but it does.  I ended up taking one apart and ran my wires directly to the leds to compare and I saw no real difference.

Bill

[LeaningGreen]

I saw where you used the base as is. Pretty neat. I plan to do the same. My guess is the base only has 2 diodes in it and runs the LEDs on 1/2wave DC. The output of a JT from the coil is AC so that would work. I have seen an LED light on low AC. My only explanation is the diode itself rectifies the AC from a + & - sinewave. CFL circuitry is much more specific on its needs.

My wife had called me with a cpl she found while shopping and I looked them up but the specs were nothing close to the LOA ones you posted so I passed and just placed the order. They were all abt 50% of the LOA in wattage, low K(orange) and the current draw was high.

[cwyong]

I have now been able to make successful replications of my Joule Ringer circuit.  I reduced everything to the minimum number of parts needed.  I found out the the number 2 coil can be an air core coil.  I will post a DIY video with lots of new details and schematic later tonight after I get back from Church.

Wow...Great Job.
Nice and simple.








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