Joule Thief

[slayer007]

I was able to light a neon bulb dimly with a normal JT circuit by adding a cap and changing turns ratio (also used a big toroid).

Wow thats very impressive Xee2
On your coil winding did you wind the two wires next to each other in parallel?
Or did you wind one at a time like the primary 40 turns then the pickup 10 tunrs after the primary was wound.

Thanks
Great job lighting the neon

[gadgetmall]

This is off topic but interesting . I am playing with three Large Hv caps . all discharged . i charge one up to 60 volts . transfer it to the second one  the put them in series i get 130 volts . i take that 130 volts and transfer it to the third cap it reads 135 volts . i charge the second cap up with it  put them in series and now i have 332 volts i charge the third cap up with those two and then put that in series with the three now i have 1100 volts between the three caps and discharged them . WOW a Major Blast .. All this with a starting charge of 60 volts  we have got to build this thing . i know its the young effect but this could be used in our little project !

[Thaelin]

   Gadget, I am rolling on the floor here.   1100v, man what a kabooooom.

Be uuber careful will you. That is heart stopping voltage matey. You need
to make very calculated moves from here on out.

    Danger  Will Robinson..............

thaelin

[gadgetmall]

Why wont this stuff known 30 years ago . You can make  a power supply that would run forever off caps and a motor with a commutator switcher on it with 3 or 4 caps . this is unreal .  And yea that experiment is over for now as my caps are rated 550 volts surge Max . and i cannot go one more time Thats  a thing Cool .. So even with 1 volt recycling these caps in series parallel loops you can get high voltage eventually after a few cycles . Awesome stuff ..

[timmy1729]

@ Pirate
     Spend the quality time with your friend, I had to put my baby to sleep last year and
I still miss her dearly. Just so empty here now. Hard to miss 118lb rottie.

thaelin

Yeah, we had to put my brother's dog to sleep on December 20. He was not as big as your rottie, but he was still a big boy. He stayed with my mother when my brother moved out so she could have some company. He was the most spoiled big-baby ever! But, he was always the sweetest and most gentle friend. He did pretty well later on for being 90+ in dog years 
To some people, pets become like their children. Others, their best friend. Spoil them while you can!