Joule Thief

[electricme]

@Jesus,

Don't be sorry about failing, you posted results with the very best of intensions.
Then you discovered it was a loose connection, and you put it right as soon as you discovered this, and you did not cover it up.

Jesus, a couple of years ago in the stubblefield forum I made a huge mistake, and it turned out to be a leaky earth system from my hotwater system, for a few days I thought I had made a big breakthrew, when I found out, I felt as silly as a goose.
But I did'nt hide this fact, I came clean, told everyone on the forum, and credability was back.

In fact I take my hat off to those people who make a mistake and are able to say they made one and have put it right.

I do look forward to reading your posts.
Your OK in my book Jesus, no problems.

jim

[TheNOP]

very creative, and im sure it helps the water heating bills just a tad

compaire to winter water heating it is still way less.
plus, during summer we use less heated water.
but i do save a lot on the electricity bill compaire to an ac and i get the same comfort.

[Pirate88179]

@ NOP:

Who says the EB is not OU?  And why?  If I can input 0 votls/amps/watts into a system and light a 48" tube then why is this not OU?  I would be very interested in this answer.  I have heard all of the galvanic reasons before but, to my satisfaction, they have been proven false.  This was done by me, and many others in the EB topics.

Maybe now we are getting to the semantics of what is, and is not OU.  This, of course, is a very sticky topic with no real consensus from what I can see.  This is why I ask where your info comes from.

Bill

[TheNOP]

Do you happen to know of a list of other devices that are like the JT and EB? That are cool and do produce some interesting results like the JT and EB? I am very new to this field of study and I would like to have a bunch of different things to work on:)

"radiant" energy, peltier effect modules, solar cells and wind generators.

by "radiant" i mean rf + potential difference between the ground and a point above the ground.
wire antenna like.

[electricme]

@Altrez,

Also I plan to buy a new fluke with USB support so I can monitor the charge 24/7

-Altrez

Yes, I have been looking through catalogues here too.

jim