Joule Thief

[jeanna]

@ist,
I find it interesting that the spiral first went one way then it flipped and after it flipped the hole opened up. I bet that is significant.

@kooler,
Thanks for the follow up on that bulb.
I have 2 of those and I thought one of them broke. Maybe it didn't and maybe instead my circuit went below the much higher threshold.

Thank you,

jeanna

[guruji]

ugrade2

Hi Tysb3 is this true this circuit? Did you build this or just speculation?
If you build this and working as you're saying can you please post parts of that?
Thanks

[tysb3]

@ guruji
Hi,
it is just speculation.
but maybe Ill try this when I heave more advanced parts and oscioloscope

[tysb3]

@ All
reducing current consumption during the operation of the arc.

http://www.freelook.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=293

[sparks]

  We are definitely seeing the effects of generating ionizing frequency potentials.  What they can do besides just exciting phospherescent coatings into luminous effects and random electron quantom oscillations like in an led is to excite an electron cascade event.
The fast electrons knock an electron out of the inner energy shells of an atom.  The electrons of more energy in the outer valence shells drop down to fill the vacancy.  This dropping down from a high energy state to a lower one creates radiant energy or radiowaves or whatever you want to call it.  These photons  (not all photons live in the light spectrum) represent the amount of energy difference between the outer valence electrons and the inner valence electrons.  The photon so generated can then be of sufficient energy and frequency to cause another atom to do the same thing.  When the atoms run out of atoms to cascade with the photon energy goes radiant and diffuses of into the wild blue yonder.  If your accelerated electrons meet up with a different form of atom that doe not respond to the initial ionizing energy they accumulate and in so doing create a very negative field as one would find in a charged capacitor.  Electrons are funny critters.  They can  be a fast moving particle or a high frequency standing wave.  Both at the same time mind you.