Joule Thief

[topothemtn]

OK Bill.
I have downloaded all the Vids you posted links to.

As I said I may not ever catch up with your work. But those Vids will surely help.

Thanks  Dick

Also thank you Jenna. I will look at some of the stuff you talked about.

Thanks all.

[Pirate88179]

Dick:

Check out Jeanna's videos because, I show what I did in mine, and she shows how to do what she did in hers.

I really hate to suggest that folks read all of this topic....some 10,000+ posts but, there is some good stuff in there for sure.

No one here will have any problem answering questions so, if you ever have any, just ask.  Especially about my videos, they are not great, nor do they answer a lot of questions so, if you have any, let me know.

Bill

[resonanceman]

I started  a new thread    Joule Thief 101

I started  by  trying to explain  the basic  construction  of  a JT

I would hope that others that  have been here a while will add  more about  what  they have done  or are doing with JTs

Pllease leave most of the  chat and  comments on this  thread .
Lets  keep  the  JT 101  thread  a place  new people can go  and  get up to speed  about JTs without  having to read 1000 pages .

It  would  be nice   a few people added   links  to  videos  and  webpages  that  explain  how to make  JTs  ..........then  on  to what we have been doing with them ........

With  the Ultra cap thing going on   we are going to attract new people ....... there will be lots of questions .... why not  answer them  over there  .........so the next people can find them easier .

If  enough  information  is put over there ...... then it should become required reading  before asking  questions here.


gary

[gadgetmall]

@jeanna,

thanks for this confirmation.  I'll be testing some circuits later today, maybe with better results.

@gadget, i'm not sure how you're seeing past the fact that one side is charging the other directly ( by current ) and indirectly ( by voltage )...if I had the ultracaps, I would gladly test this idea.  BTW, how are you limiting the voltage to tolerable limits?

Ki jarado . There is now a circuit that Alex(Groundloop) and so kindly contributed  that will regulate the voltage replenish of the run aa battery and also  discharge or connect the ulra cap  to the load to discharge it to a preset level then  the cycle repeats . I am starting the build tomorrow and will have the proto type Ou CIRCUIT CONTROLLER  operational hopefully in the next week or so . . Also anyone can more that likely use a battery and a super cap to see the charging effect and then replenish the run battery with one wire crossed between the positive of the output cap ti the positive of the battery .wait until its charged to or above its original voltage then  discharge your cap and let the cycle repeat until the super cap is full once again and repeat above process . the only problem is that most supercaps cannot hold 2500 ma and above like the ultracap. so  a supercap may not show the self run portion .
Gadget

[powercat]

Hi Gadget & Bill & All
The energy revolution has arrived, subject to replication and verification, and it's looking like this is going to happen very soon 
ultracaps are going to be in big demand,so once the circuit is confirmed to be OU I want to order as many as I can afford to get, I feel there are other members here who would like to do the same, may be a group purchase will be the best way of getting reasonably priced ultracaps.

As I live on a boat and use a battery bank to provide all my power, I'm interested in scaling up this circuit to charge my batteries for free 24hr a day, how possible do you guys think this is ?

cat