Joule Thief

[jeanna]

@ Jeanna:

You are hard at work and I am playing with videos.

Bill

I am having fun and so are you.

In my life I have come to realize, that is what counts!

I will try to watch your videos again. From the xo forum, I gather I should be able to see but not hear.

I will try.

jeanna

[jeanna]

@ all


The red dots are the probes , you need to connect those to coils , then reverse the connections, getting those data , will help making some sense of what is happening and coil polarities. 
The out goes to the multimeter , Have fun!
Mark

So, you don't even have this connected to lights? ... or does that 1 diode represent the leds? I see this goes after the array... yes?

jeanna

[TheNOP]

@TheNOP
Yes it is simple, except went you built on it ,lol. Welcome!

sorry but i am failling to see what you are seeing. 

Hi NOP,

Have you been making this? It seems anything but simple.

C'mon... join the fun!

yes, i builted one.
but without the proper tools to read the volts/amps accuratly,
i can only think it as something to do with the leds themself.
this is why i asked if someone had look into leds, voltage versus current requirements at various frequencies.


as for neon tube, well...
it as no other meaning then having a high voltage present.
you can even light them with a vandergraff generator.


i am not saying that the joule thief is not worte playing with.
for me, its beauty is in its simplicity.
i will use it whenever i see it fit a job.   

[gadgetmall]

@MK1 
Hello . I need your opinion . i bought 80 vintage transistors and hes throwing in 20 extra   would you say the 2n1194 or 2n1309 for the extra highest gain germanium ??

[Mk1]

@jeanna

This is made of all regular diodes, no leds are used.

This is a testing unit it just needs to be connected to any pickup coil and the output to the volts meter.

So you can test the coil see witch way as more current going , so you ca easily find the good phase and get the best output of the system.

I you want to got to the next step you will need ,the bridge diode. I hope you did had a chance to look at the diode movie i posted.

Mark