Joule Thief

[Pirate88179]

@ MK1:

Thank you!  I have been using 22 ga. stranded insulated wire so far.  I have 3 spools of magnet wire I got at radio shack a few weeks ago so I will try using that.  I appreciate the explanation on how to wind them like yours.  Thanks.

Also, as far as your trojan goes, are you using firefox as a browser?  I switched about a year ago when someone on here recommended it when there were some problems on this site.  I really love it! Then I added adblocker and it blocks all the ads and the pages load really fast.  You might try spybot search and destroy (free) to rid your computer of the trojan.  Good luck, those are nasty sometimes.

You can download spybot here: http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-amp-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html

Bill

[Mk1]

@pirate

I am a firefox user , and run spybot s&d 2 times a days . lol

Its like some one plays a game!

[jeanna]

I am a firefox user
Its like some one plays a game!

Glad to hear that. firefox is really good.

I have stopped going to a beautiful site since it uses a very fancy grade of flash, I think. Everytime I visit that site then return here, it takes minutes to load the page and sometimes the whole browser crashes or I need to force quit. I have stopped going there.

Perhaps there is something like this going on?

jeanna

[innovation_station]

@pirate

I am a firefox user , and run spybot s&d 2 times a days . lol

Its like some one plays a game!

i know this game all tooo well

i have lost 6 computers like this       a word to the wize ....  get you important info off that machine   NOW!   soon it will crash and poof gone for ever .....   no joke i have walked this path .... 

looks like your coils are pre wound     lol

put your info on a dvd or jump drive away from your computer ...   you will thank me ....  another word to wize ....  do not transport the machine if you do it may self destruct in 5 sec.....  meaning your hard drive is screwed when you plugg it back in ..... HOW DO I KNOW?!?!?!?!

it happined to me ...  seucurty if you like     imagine your computer was  stolen from your house with intent to steal your work ....      poof gone as soon as plugged back in .... 

does this happin in real life .....        do you light cfl's from an aa battery in real life .....


ist!

[Mk1]

@ist

The coil on the picture i got it like that , it seems to be a choke of some kind it really is the best core i got, i have made 7 of them so far that look just as good, i got one with 4 turns on one side and 43 on the other one They both weight the same , with a avalanche diode (actually it is a 22 volts zener), One high and one low inductance it work good but i don't think its worth the effort for a single 23 volt out.Since the saturation takes care of that !

I keep my important stuff , between my ears !

Mark