Joule Thief

[sirmikey1]

Great pics guys.  I've never tried it like that, base to pan.  The transistor that Lidmotor used in the video is a Single Darlington (super amp), and so your results may need some work.   
Mikey

[stprue]

Yes you are right!  I don't have that transistor so I used what I had but my next order of supply's will include those!  I also have some germanium that i will try out later...

[resonanceman]

Many times in the first 8 pages (as far as I have read) there is the reference to john's telling everybody that batteries must be cycled around 20 -30 times by this method,  to be able to use this method, but when this long period is over the battery is better than it was ever designed to be.
I guess the process he called "reconditioning" must mean "rebuilding from the chemistry into charge carriers".

So, I bet if you were to discharge this bank of the good ones and recharge them 12 hours each recharge time for 20 times you will be in the ball park to compare with bedini.
I am so glad you had these positive results.

Jeanna

I will have to check out that thread
Have you ran across anything about the negative energy stuff?

I am kind  of concerned   about  the negative energy thing.
I have been using  a cap and  bridge  to recondition  batterys for years....   It works great for lead acid....... I have not had  as much luck  with other kinds  of batterys.

I tried  charging  my old dewalt 18 V  with a JT ........after 2 days  it still  had  no charge at all
It  was an old battery.........old enough that when put in  its charger Its indicator light flashes a replace  battery code.

I would  like to try  the conditioning  and recharging thing  with  a JT.......but at $ 89 a pop  I  hate to hook up my new batterys  with out  knowing  more about  how the negative energy  thing works.

gary

[kooler]

Using kooler circuit with TDK board gives very nice bright filament bulb.

video:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTprXlK9BrY

very nice
did you check your amp draw.. i havn't tried a 3v on the unmodded board

you know the bulb i lit in the video had 356 ohms
and the one you did is 3-4 ohms
i wonder what else we can light...

good job

robbie

[innovation_station]

wonderfull work every one cant wate to see more !

: )

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