Joule Thief

[gadgetmall]

aaa fugi i have here is the pic ..



ist

Hi .ok thats the aaa version i posted a couple days ago here http://www.overunity.com/index.php?topic=6123.msg160010#msg160010
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extreamly simple mod . see the white thing ? thats the positions of the 220 resistor replaced with a vr . the diode short is the black diode on the side of the transformer. not the little glass one .
I have not done anything further on this one as far as tuning but i know it will run that CFL on a lower resistance that the 220 . . o you also push the copper contact down and solder it to keep it on  and place the CFL on the hv cap output .. see how easy that is   
I told you God gave me a Gift that everything i touched worked  . Everyone around here asks for me by name to  work on there electronic junk . most of the time im in and out in 5 minuets . King Midas with a Curse    surely Not King Midas in reverse 

[gadgetmall]

Thanks guys for the information on the transistors, much appreciated.

@ Gadget

I don't doubt that all of what you say is true, in my case however, no go.

The CFLs are different wattage and without the circuits from 5 to 65 Watts equivalent but the only way they light is using the circuit mod from josepino.com which isn't worth it as it drains the battery too fast.  I doubt there's any difference in the CFL gasses wether they are from US or Canada.

So the next step for me is to take the components to a separate breadboard and start over one component at a time 

It probably doesn't help that my hands are too big for the Fuji cct, my index finger covers over half the board!!!  But I did manage to solder the connections as neatly as possible and checked for shorts which there were none so I have no idea why it isn't working out for me.
I know we discussed the transistors before but even the board with the 2SD1960 transistor didn't work, I tried with just the potentiometer and with or without the caps so I don't know what's going on.

Anyways, thanks for the input.

Regards,
Paul

Hey Goat Sorry your having a hard time with it . I have no idea . all your doing is replacing the base bias resistor . it should work the same as before you did the mod if you adjust it to 220 ohms . then all your doing with the diode short is changing the PDC to PAC . that Diode is so the cap will see a polarity and charge up to 300 volts . if you jump that diode the cap will not charge anymore because the voltage has no polarity . are you removing the cap ? . Anyways it should work exactly the same on the very first step and that's is replace the 220 with a VR . Stop there . see if it still works after you adjust that the 220 ohms if it does still work it will charge the cap and the neon or led will light . if it doesn't then something there is wrong . if it does work then jump the black diode . If its an led it will light still but if its a Neon it wont . you can check if its Hv with a neon . if it lights a neon it should be BRIGHT BRIGHT meaning it will fire a CFL . .. ok . Take care ..

Gadget

[gadgetmall]

Not sure if anyone else has tried nanocarbonised paper to transmit energy it works well but it wouldn't make my JT light!  Has anybody tried this or know why it wont work?

Hi . Welcome to the Pirate Thread . I Dont know what that stuff is but it sounds like something the black base of my Piggy  Back Bedini is made of . It looks like Plastic Drills like plastic , smells like plastic but it Must be impregnated with carbon or something because i can put a continuity meter on it from one side to the other and i get a short . I discovered this when i laid My arm on it and got shocked . I said no its my imagination .. But sure enuff  this stuff conducts juice . I had to insulate the Bedini circuit from that plastic conductive base to stop the shocks .weird stuff ..

Gadget . 

[Mk1]

Hi . Welcome to the Pirate Thread . I Dont know what that stuff is but it sounds like something the black base of my Piggy  Back Bedini is made of . It looks like Plastic Drills like plastic , smells like plastic but it Must be impregnated with carbon or something because i can put a continuity meter on it from one side to the other and i get a short . I discovered this when i laid My arm on it and got shocked . I said no its my imagination .. But sure enuff  this stuff conducts juice . I had to insulate the Bedini circuit from that plastic conductive base to stop the shocks .weird stuff ..

Gadget . 

Wow , that is strange , its lost energy , we need to find a way to tap that.

[innovation_station]

gadget the closest thing i can find is a 100 ohm resistor ...


there is no 220 ohm resistor anywhere on the board..

ist

it lites the neon    fairly bright but not the cfl at all ....

here is a pic of where i understand to mod it .. 

btw i never modded it to light the neon ..    but when the neon is lit the led goes out ...  i notice yours gadget is on ... while the led cfl is lit ..