Joule Thief

[resonanceman]

@Gary

You need to keep the load at a constant rate in regards to supplied voltage. I added a rheostat to one pickup coil and can adjust for the best load. Woks great! The key is you need a certain draw to get the charging effects.

-Altrez

Altrez

I am not exactly  sure what you mean by that.
A rheostat on the pickup coil?    what  else is it connected to ?

With my coils   there has to be a  load being  driven
With no  current to the load   there are no pulses to tap .

I can see how  controling the  load  would  be good .....but not sure what to hook it to  .


gary

[altrez]

Altrez

I must have missed some posts
I don't remember  reading much about your  LLA1
Can you post a link to  some of your posts about it ?

My  description of my LM1 is   reply 5749   that is  back  on   page 575 if your  pages are the same as mine .



I have been running  my LM  for  about an hour now .   
I added  1 extra  LM in  series with  the   LEDs
The  primary  added  about  1 V to the  output.
The  battery  voltage  has only lost .003V  in an hour .
I would add another  coil or 2
I am sure that I could get it  charging .........but all my  alligator  clips  are  tied up in the charger part of the circuit
I guess I am going to  wire it up on a circuit board 


gary

I am not sure where I posted the description lol. It was on monday so its not as far back as yours! It seems like we are about on the same path. I have been running 1 week at this point.

On the same battery's. I have 3 battery's on the LLA1 two constantly charging and one powering the system. It takes two battery's to keep the system in a loop. One powering the system and one charging so when the one powering drains down it can be swapped out.

The third battery is to do work out side of the system. For example you can use it to power a fuji mod and when it drains you simply put it back in the charging system.

I have added caps to collect even more power.

-Altrez

[resonanceman]

I am not sure where I posted the description lol. It was on monday so its not as far back as yours! It seems like we are about on the same path. I have been running 1 week at this point.

On the same battery's. I have 3 battery's on the LLA1 two constantly charging and one powering the system. It takes two battery's to keep the system in a loop. One powering the system and one charging so when the one powering drains down it can be swapped out.

The third battery is to do work out side of the system. For example you can use it to power a fuji mod and when it drains you simply put it back in the charging system.

I have added caps to collect even more power.

-Altrez

Altrez

I remember now

You are the one with the empty voltage 



If I remember right   you had  some  videos .....that  would be why I don.t know  the  details

Where  did you put those  caps you added ?

gary

[altrez]

Altrez

I remember now

You are the one with the empty voltage 



If I remember right   you had  some  videos .....that  would be why I don.t know  the  details

Where  did you put those  caps you added ?

gary

yep that was me I added them to pickup coils with diode bridges. I also added a small ceramic cap to the battery. It made a huge difference.

Hows your tests going?

-Altrez

[resonanceman]

yep that was me I added them to pickup coils with diode bridges. I also added a small ceramic cap to the battery. It made a huge difference.

Hows your tests going?

-Altrez

Altrez

My  circuit is  charging  again
I left  it for a couple hours and  when I came  back  the battery was .01 lower ..      I  I looked   around and found that the  2 diodes  connected to the emitter  came apart ......

I have  fixed it   readjusted it .......   it seems to be  charging  again .

I am  going to try to get  one on a circuit  board tonight .



gary