Joule Thief

[Pirate88179]

@ Gadgetmall:

Thanks for posting the instructions on the marked up photo....I think I finally get it now.  I guess I lean better from seeing than reading.  I will get another unmodded Fuji board and replicate your design from scratch.  Thanks again.  This is a great improvement and a huge leap forward.  The fact that it will run for 12.5 hours at all without burning something on the board up is a great feat in and of itself, not to mention the load of a cfl!!!  Great work man.

Bill

[gadgetmall]

@ Gadgetmall:

Thanks for posting the instructions on the marked up photo....I think I finally get it now.  I guess I lean better from seeing than reading.  I will get another unmodded Fuji board and replicate your design from scratch.  Thanks again.  This is a great improvement and a huge leap forward.  The fact that it will run for 12.5 hours at all without burning something on the board up is a great feat in and of itself, not to mention the load of a cfl!!!  Great work man.

Bill

Hey . If My Leds were not packed away in storage i would hook them up . I think they might draw less Especially running 100 on one wire  No return so its an open circuit. these are cool . You know i played with camera chargers a very long time ago and i remember when leds first came out .( wow i just noticed im a Sr member now that really hurts   and it never occurred to me to do anything with it other than charge up a capacitor for a stunner and a pop .

[nievesoliveras]

@all

I finished reading the posts just now.

The problem is that if you dont read the posts one day then when you come back there is a lot to read.

Congratulations everybody for the achievements!

Jesus

[nievesoliveras]

@mk1

I saw a new post of your circuit. My question is about the dots that are on the coil.
I have understood that the dots mean that the wires are on the same end of the coil.
The joule thief uses one wire from one side of the coil and another wire from the other side to make the battery positive connection.
I see on your drawing that the wires that come together as positive are from the same position according to the dots.
Is that the way you built it or it is a mistake on the drawing?

Jesus

[Mk1]

@mk1

I saw a new post of your circuit. My question is about the dots that are on the coil.
I have understood that the dots mean that the wires are on the same end of the coil.
The joule thief uses one wire from one side of the coil and another wire from the other side to make the battery positive connection.
I see on your drawing that the wires that come together as positive are from the same position according to the dots.
Is that the way you built it or it is a mistake on the drawing?

Jesus

Hi , see the dots has polarity indicator.

@electricme,

Be careful the its not because they are all connected the same way , that the polarity is respected there is a mirroring effects.

@koen1

I don't think anyone hiding any thing here , but some time to understand something  you need to be ready , then it could be has cryptic has can be , people will fallow , it all step by step , some go one by one some run .
Now i guess you will be giving us info on your experiment on your next post.

Mark