Joule Thief

[Mk1]

@all

On the toroid project you take one wire(one from each 7 turn coil) from each side , they need to be going in opposite direction around the toroid (those go to the + battery side of the jt circuit). That the best way to make sure you don't make a mistake, A schematic will not prevent a mistake there, if it doesn't work change one of the coil lead.

[jeanna]

Jeanna is a chemist I think she should know. 

My son probably thought I was  a chemist when dinner was weird, but no. I was a biologist. Then an artist... Now completely crazy making coils that go pop in the night. 

@Mk1,
I am taking apart a filter transformer to copy your transformer thief. It seems that everything has its distinct area on the toroid. Is that right?

Do you connect them across the center? So one of them has pretty long leads and it goes into the jt circuit like the little one, but then you connect the secondaries in series. and that output is 60 v. Do I have this right?

EDIT. oops simultaneous post. I will leave it for any correction you need to make.

jeanna

[Mk1]

@jeanna

Yes one of the lead of each coil are connected in the middle.

[WilbyInebriated]

@WilbyInebriated

The magneto could actually power the car, it had more hp with it than the gas engine. That is if you had the proper magnet.

You heard me right the first time.

Don't get confused by old idea of what it and isn't possible, It works like a bedini gate.

highly improbable if not impossible. sounds like an urban myth.
i am not confused. i am quite familiar with magnetos and generators and alternators. i have worked on just about every internal combustion engine manufactured from the model t to now. in a model t, the magneto provides low voltage ac to the trembler coil which makes it high voltage and sends that on to the timer which distributes it to the plugs to ignite the fuel mixture in the cylinders. the magneto on a model t is energized by the engine flywheel that has magnets on it. if the engine is not firing, the flywheel stops turning unless you have someone standing on your bumper cranking the hand crank.

@ bill
here are some pics of the bucket t (thats my crazy dad being santa, freezing his balls off) and an old (bout '63 i think, my father is leaning on the car) one of my father and uncle with the model a. last one is my father and his buddy (they are both crazy)
oh one more thing while i'm so off topic... a shameless plug for my father and uncle's book, the falcon 6 performance handbook

[Pirate88179]

@ Wilby:

Nice!!!! Very nice!!!!!!!

The second pic was a model A correct?  **EDIT***  Duh!  I just went back and yes, you said it was.

Man, check out that motor in the last pic.  Very nice preservation of our automotive heritage....with a few improvements of course.

Bill