Joule Thief

[Mk1]

@pirate

So funny ! Nice video !

[Pirate88179]

@ Mark:

Thank you.  I wish I had thought of this but the credit goes to Wilby.  As long as there is water in the beaker, this thing just keeps going.  My cat is not too sure about this new addition to my kitchen.

Bill

[nievesoliveras]

@pirate

Just move the plates closer to the bird's head in order to charge the cap faster.

Jesus

[WilbyInebriated]

@ All:

Yet another cheesy video I just posted on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYhNw6SuTfA

I call this one "Wilby's Bird Experiment".  Here I use the standard JT circuit with ultraviolet leds attached to plastic tubing coated with black light paint powered by three supercaps energized by an AA battery via Wilby's Bird. (The legendary drinking bird)  This allows me to pulse the supercaps without spending ANY energy as the bird is self-energized through evaporation.  It is still running in my kitchen and I love this little bird.

Thanks again to Wilby for his very inspired idea.  I still have some tweaking and adjustments to make and I am not convinced this will make the battery last longer but, it is cool and it just might.

@ Jeanna:

Very good work over there.  Thanks for posting those concise instructions on your experiment.

Bill

thats is awesome bill! too cool

[jeanna]

@Pirate,
You do good video.

Thanks wilby for getting Bill inspired to try this!

So, Bill was that red wire going to the leds a secondary? 
I couldn't tell.

nice video.

jeanna