Joule Thief

[stprue]

Fantastic job Mark.  I love the song too   

[xee2]

@ Mk1

Fantastic job Mark.  I love the song too   

Ditto.

[gyulasun]

@all

I made a new video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiLcbTBewhw

Running the motor/generator , detail on the connections ...

Hi MK1,

In your video you wrote at 0:16  "On the first try I made it an X winding, the pickup coil gave me 0 Volts but still could light 24 leds in parallel"
Also, at 0:33 you wrote: "0 volts coil (X) At work!"

Did you mean that your voltage meter did not show any voltage, yet the the leds were lit? 
Or you meant the X (crossing) wires do not induce voltage, yet the leds are lit?

Thanks,  Gyula

[altrez]

CosmicFarmer was able to get a large reduction in current draw using the following addition to the slayer007 SEC circuit. When I tried it with a 6 volt battery supply the current was 150 mA without the CosmicFarmer addition and 115 mA with the CosmicFarmer addition. So it really does decrease current draw. The output voltage appeared to be the same in both cases since both would light a fluorescent tube.

Hey xee2 what type of wireless range are you getting now?

-Altrez

[Mk1]

Hi MK1,

In your video you wrote at 0:16  "On the first try I made it an X winding, the pickup coil gave me 0 Volts but still could light 24 leds in parallel"
Also, at 0:33 you wrote: "0 volts coil (X) At work!"

Did you mean that your voltage meter did not show any voltage, yet the the leds were lit? 
Or you meant the X (crossing) wires do not induce voltage, yet the leds are lit?

Thanks,  Gyula

Thanks everyone!

Gyula

Yes and yes ...

The meter showed 0 v , since i don't have a scope i changed it for convenience to have a clue about my results.