Joule Thief

[innovation_station]

im thinking it is takion sp lol

this is where it is at ....

lol

melt in your hand not in your mind ...   

but orbit is some wild stuff toooooo lol

o its just such a big place ....

ist

[WilbyInebriated]

@All
I think we should also understand how this is relates to measurement on our oscilloscopes. A sinusoidal wave (AC) such as domestic power 120v@60Hz will show a rise above zero volts to 120v then back to zero,then below zero volts to negative 120v then back to zero volts. But it should be understood that this is not a "negative" potential voltage, the portion below the zero volts line is where the current has alternated---it has reversed direction because the polarity of the source has reversed. What some call a "negative" voltage is in fact a reversal of voltage polarity which is always relative to the "zero" line(center horizontal line). Our oscilloscopes essentially measure a potential difference or voltage and polarity between two points in a known period of time. This gives us no indication of instantaneous power because power in Watts is volts times "amps". We can test this process by connecting our oscilloscope probes to a battery, note the voltage relative to the zero volts line, then reverse the probes on the battery and note the voltage relative to the zero volts line.
Best Regards
AC

well said. i really wish in this wonderful day and age with striped toothpaste and men on the moon, we could get around to having oscilloscopes that would render in 3D instead of 2.

[electricme]

@Bill,
Running a hookup wire from outside to inside the house.

@ Jim:
Ah, the scope on the EB.  At first, I was going to take the scope outside for a try but then, I am now thinking that I can just add some heavy wire to the EB leads (only about 6 feet or so) and it will reach into the house.  I will have to give that a try just to see if I can see anything from it that makes sense.  Thanks again, you have given me a great start for learning this complicated device.
Bill

Bill, I have been doing this for the last 3 years, I can read my earth voltage inside the kitchen, weather the weather is Hot/Freezing Cold/Raining/Fine/Day or Night, easy ACCESS to my setups.

Here is how I set this up, others may be wanting to do this also.
0/ plan where you want to feed the lead into your house, if you own the house, drill a hole through the wall, go on dooooo it, whacko what a feeling, ha ha (no landlord to stop you he he).
or, feed it through the window like I did, I got some 1/4" seal weather tape and layed it flat on the window frame, leave a small gap for the wire lead to fit snugggly through.

1/ get an old extension lead (make sure it will be long enough to do the job)

2/ cut off the plug and socket, and strip 12" of the outer insulation off the lead.
    Do this to both ends, then attatch small alligator clips to the bare ends.

3/ remove about 1" of the colour insulation to expose the bare wires.

4/ feed the lead through the hole in the wall or through the window.

5/ connect the bared wires to your earth battery or NS cells.

6/ connect the other end inside the house to an instrument pannel or capacitor, or joule thief or anything you want to connect it to.

Mine is currently connected to my brand spanking new 22Farad super cap,
whoooo hooo Im having fun fun fun. 

Yesterday I drove a small chopper tail rotor motor for about 1 minute of a hardly full cap, powered/charged by my EB outside.

This is the first time I have driven any device, it's power derived from the earth itself.    

Come on a tour at my place!!!!

0812 = Earth Batt setup, overgrown with grass
0814 = Orange extension lead connected to EB goes up to the side fence top.
0815 = Proceeds along top rail of fence (justs sits there), and proceeds to double gates.
0817 = Lead pokes it's way through fence and exits towards the kitchen window.
0818 = I fed 3 leads over the bottom of the window sill, the window itself has a 12v DC wiper motor to lift it up or down, by the push of a button ha ha.
0820 = wires cross on floor to the modified exhaust gas analizer analog meter, the switch has 3 Tpots set for different voltage settings, so if the EB puts out more juce, I attunite it here.
   
jim

[allcanadian]

@Jeanna

That was my point about seeing ac as a 2 way dc. It is the other way around. Until we change how we look at this, we will struggle to get great results.

I once read an eastern proverb which stated--“All instruction is but a finger pointing to the moon; and those whose gaze is fixed upon the pointer will never see beyond.”
I would agree the problem is one of perspective, too many sheep and not enough wolves, LOL.
Regards
AC

[electricme]

@Altrez
Thanks Al, for these kind comments  and I see you have done so much more than I have.

Thank you Jim! It is very neat how we all seem to end up replicating each others work independently. It really seems to confirm the fact that there is so much more to this circuit then I thought before.

I have charged battery's and filled caps. I have pushed motors and lit neon's. I have even ran a 13watt CFL from a FUJI mode that was powered from a battery connected to a switch that is ran to my Main JT that is charged from a battery that is recharged from a different JT And this all can be done with out introducing any new energy into the system. All from the same battery's.

I plan on adding 6 charging points on my main setup with 4 2.9 inch Toroids connected to one main JT circuit. So far I am still running on the same set of battery's I started with on Monday. Adding a 50F SC to the mix soon that should push my efficiency up quite a bit.

The Cap will be in place to allow a fall off period for the battery's in separate tests I noticed that the battery's seem to have more power If allowed to rest for 1 hour or more? 

I still have a bunch of work to do. I do feel like this will keep on going as long as there is power in the JT. I took a battery from .900mV to 1.2 v in 12 hours. It normally takes me 5-6 hours to recharge from mains.

I plan on getting some of the 15 minute rechargeable battery's and pumping a Super Cap into them to see if they get a full charge. So at that point I will have the super caps charging the batters that are running the circuit that keeps the caps charged and also still run a DC motor, LEDS CFL with Fuji mod all from on circuit and a 1.2 v power source.

Take care!!!!

-Altrez

Your results which you have posted above are very good indeed.

I think is we all take a look at paralling outputs via multiple secondary toroids, then this could give out much higher currents.

jim