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Author Topic: Joule thief that could light the whole house  (Read 22778 times)

SkyWatcher123

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2016, 06:17:29 AM »
Hi crazyguy, of course, thanks for sharing.
As for myself, measuring the lumens is ok, i think what really matters is, does it light a space to meet our needs and your circuit does that and seems pretty efficient as well.
Just because it may be fooling our brain-eye response time, doesn't matter much, if it does the job.
Tv's, monitors and i'm sure other things and even in nature, are fooling our eyes.
I will eventually build your setup, i'm working on a charger at the moment and another splitting the positive type device.
Thanks again.
peace love light

CG2016

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #16 on: July 09, 2016, 12:50:20 PM »
Here are some other earlier versions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kF-bAKDc2EJ
http://youtu.be/og81-4iDyHU
http://youtu.be/2kenamb-QL0
The circuit isnt fooling your eye. The led bulbs are being lighted by DC . Also human eye persistance is only good up to about 60 hz. This circuit operates in the 3000 to10,000 hertz range.

CG2016

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #17 on: July 09, 2016, 05:28:00 PM »
@Admin
How do you edit posts? It seems that you can only edit posts on the last page, and are not able to go back and correct mistakes on previous pages.
Is that true?

TinselKoala

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2016, 01:03:20 AM »
I think there is a 24 hour window for editing posts.

CG2016

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #19 on: July 10, 2016, 01:34:48 AM »
Thanks for that info.
They need to change that, sometimes mistakes are made.

AlienGrey

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2016, 02:15:50 AM »
One for Nick Z

Some guy with a home made torrid demonstrating standing waves and extra iron oxide winding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei1tPkTmCeY#t=13.893175

TinselKoala

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2016, 04:23:26 AM »
Thanks for that info.
They need to change that, sometimes mistakes are made.

The window used to be longer but that caused problems when "certain parties" would go back, long after a post was made and replied to, and they would change the content of those old posts. So the 24-hour window is a compromise, giving you plenty of time to correct mistakes but not allowing the changing of history.

CG2016

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2016, 02:09:41 AM »
So you see, the circuit posted by skywatcher is incorrect and you shoukd not build it because it will burn up.


Please take the schematic of the" light your whole house joule thief. " down . It has problems. Evidently the components used for the bread board design were different in some way. That circuit will burn up.

You shouldn't copy from other sites as the informstion could be copyrighted.
I wanted to take it down but this stupid forum won't let me, so do not build it.
Smoke.

SkyWatcher123

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Re: Joule thief lights whole house
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2016, 05:00:04 AM »
Hi crazyguy, sorry to hear that, i thought that was your latest circuit and was tested.
I guess i can't modify my post, maybe hartiberlin can, forum owner.
Let us know when you have a safe circuit, i'd like to see it.
peace love light

CG2016

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Re: Joule thief that could light the whole house
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2016, 11:23:08 PM »
Lights 9 watt 120 vac bulbs 100-600mA, it is now working fine.
https://youtu.be/--RWSKvT5QY

FatBird

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Re: Joule thief that could light the whole house
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2016, 11:34:24 PM »
Please post a Wiring Diagram or a Schematic. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--RWSKvT5QY&feature=youtu.be

Thank you.
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CG2016

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Re: Joule thief that could light the whole house
« Reply #26 on: July 29, 2016, 12:25:30 AM »
Did you know you can connect Joule thief circuits in series for higher voltage or in parallel for more current? You can. You can also interleave them so they alternately charge a capacitor.
Look here.
http://vawtsonly.createaforum.com/index.php

http://youtu.be/tygN1R-lCeE

SkyWatcher123

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Re: Joule thief that could light the whole house
« Reply #27 on: July 29, 2016, 06:09:12 AM »
Hi folks, good luck getting a schematic fatbird, it seems he banned me from his forum site or something is wrong with it.
People are funny sometimes, either one wishes to share or not.
He claims I shouldn't have posted his circuit, yet on his forum, all the circuit versions were there and i didn't see any nuclear burn up warnings, lol.
Anyway, looks like a typical boost converter to me, with a high enough voltage to light led bulbs.
peace love light

CG2016

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Re: Joule thief that could light the whole house
« Reply #28 on: July 29, 2016, 02:46:44 PM »
Problems solved with instability and multiple voltage sources, more user friendly. User is cautioned that output can go to 280 vdc with no load. Very compact size. Will light many 120 vac led bulbs. I haven't tried 220 vac bulbs like they use in the EU but but it will light two 120 vac bulbs  in series. All led bulbs are different. They claim the same current and wattage but compairing two bulbs that are the same 120 volts current and wattage, one bulb will start lighting at 17 volts while the other won't start until 75 volts. It will come in handy in an emergency situation. You can populate all your table lamps with led bulbs and use them on mains power, then in an emergency situation just plug them right in to this unit and keep enjoying your favorite book. It only uses 7 watts no matter how many bulbs are connected. The circuit is regulated to be user friendly and somewhat foolproof, components were installed to tone it down, it will do much more. Here is the schematic.

SkyWatcher123

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Re: Joule thief that could light the whole house
« Reply #29 on: July 29, 2016, 10:48:41 PM »
Hi cg2016, you proved me wrong, thanks for sharing the updated circuit.
So did you ban me from your forum or is there something wrong with it.
If you did ban me, please tell me why.
I will have to travel to a radio shack, most are far away from me now, and get some of those parts, looks like a nice circuit.
peace love light