Joule Thief

[xee2]

@ resonanceman

Is the  orange part  required?   

No. I think the idea is to use one of the 3 options presented. If you are using the output from the pickup coil then the orange part is not required.

[resonanceman]

@ resonanceman

No. I think the idea is to use one of the 3 options presented. If you are using the output from the pickup coil then the orange part is not required.

Thanks   Xee
That  makes sense .

gary

[resonanceman]

What do you mean short through the enamel?  I think that must have happened to my on one of my Hazen coil attempts.

If  you have some shellack or something  similar   you could dip your toroid in that .

As I undersand it   the people that used to clean large motors for a living   cleaned out  the  windings  then  dipped   them in shellack just  to be sure that  they  did not have  a problem when  the motor  was  started  again  .

They probably  have  a newer  product  for that kind of stuff now.


gary

[mikem_2au]

@xee2    thanks for your comments and time,
your schematic looks wrong, i have edited my
pic to try and make it clearer for you, hope this helps.

mike..

[xee2]

@ mikem_2au

your schematic looks wrong

Yes, it looks like it is. I did not interpret your diagram correctly. Thanks for the corrections.