Joule Thief powered by the plasma from a plasma ball.

[stevensrd1]

Here is a video I made of my joule thiefs led light being powered by my plasma ball. The video is not the be3st,,and I should make another but here it is anyway. Oh how it works,,I used one of my other creations to extract the energy from the plasma ball, look up on my videos how to charge a capacitor with a plasma ball,,that explains it,,its just two reversed diodes connected at one end. Connect a wire to where the diodes connect,,run that ro something setting on the plasma ball and it converts it to electricity,,which can charge a capacitor very fast,,and power a joule thief..Ok enough said here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA36b_nzgDs I actually use two capacitors to hold the power,,one where the battery would have went, since I use no battery here,and the other on one side of the transistor for the joule thief,,it uses a diode across it to allow buildup,,once that builds up enough it powers the joule thief. So as long as the plasma ball is on the joule thief lights the led. The plasma ball is powered by 4 aaa batteries.

[Pirate88179]

Nice job!  That is very interesting.  I would be interested to know if the amp draw on the plasma ball increases when you tap into it with your diodes?  Or, does it remain the same.  I have a few reasons for asking this that I can explain later but it has to do with the charging of caps.

If your amp draw on the ball does not go up....then we all need to look into this further.  Right now, I have no opinion but, it would not shock me (pun intended) if it remained the same.

Do you have a cheap source for those balls?  I have always wanted to get one.

Bill

[stevensrd1]

I made a new video and an improved design,,much easier for anyone to make,,no joule thief involved. Here is the link to the video and schematic. Best wishes..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znSXB7T1mcY

[gyulasun]

An addition to Bill's question,  if you used several pick up coils to tap the plasma ball, would they reflect back on the input current draw?
I also belive the draw would not go up on the ball when you tap into it with the diodes because normally the Avramenko plug (which is involved here) does not reflect too much on the prime energy source.

Thanks, Gyula

[wings]

playing with plasma globe it is possible to power 4 led lamp (220V 2W) no matter to put it on ground or on aluminium foil.

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