Hey robbie. I  was looking for the part Tk used . I don't remember replacing one,probably because they never go bad.. thank you anyways . i got lot of junk too ,all stored right now but maybe this winter i'll dig in it now that the snakes are froze:)it going to be 26f tonight . And like you ,down south east ,one mans junk is another mans treasure..
What he has sounds like a mini magnacoaster part   here is the delay line i remember . the blue part . the horizontal coil at the bottom right are the ones i remember with a slug in the middle of them to adjust it (we used plastic alignment tools ). they were made of paper with wax with a fat winding on it
Man these things were made to last a life time .And you can stock you parts drawers with them.

Tk . Yes that is perfect ! that is what i got .. I think most transformers no matter the ratio will work just need some on eto verify i am not going nuts here . i am astounded by the circuit and the little modifications i did . I am on my third replication . had to call it a night working on the  . I have two running  and just check they are on the rise ! .

One thing . to get rid of my capacitor box i placed several 67pf's parallel . 3 of them to get that "balance" better . so i think 220pf worked and also  .0001 

this is the only bulb that lit that i use http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-5W-7-SMD-Warm-White-E27-New-Style-LED-Light-Bulb-Lamp-220V-/160907486635?pt=US_Light_Bulbs&hash=item2576d565ab

and this is the audio transformer i wound like a big Fuji xformer . I  think a fuji transformer might also work here also . I want to try it tomorrow when my eyes rest . I got a germanium board ready for it and a super cap as a battery on it in parallel with another 10000uf . I want to see if it need chemical batteries to cause this thing to keep charging . unreal .
In the pic are the diodes , the red clip and black wire went to the cap box but now it is replaced  and boxed up . I will disturb it tomorrow sometime and check it again . The Led bulb is about 20 to 30 percent lite so it is Ghostly lit. but is lighting 7 smd leds in there and is a night light .


Yea you got some weird parts there . I never seen them before. must be to "modern" for me and probably on a module i think .


Thank you !

Cool . Like i said you can gang some caps together to get it dimmer and then it charges . .Wow my nicad is now 13.03 volts . One Note for you . when you attach a meter lead on the pos the light gets brighter thus the voltage drops . Another weird thing is the negitive lead when touched with a meter probe the light gets dimmer and the voltage increases . So what i do it let it run without the meter attached after the initial increase and later hook it up briefly now . it is getting more sensitive as the battery increase ..

I'll dig thru My lot of germaniums tomorrow when the ole eyes can see clear and see if  we have those for you


Edit yes was typo  1.303 ..

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Mine has climbed to 1.272 from 1.228 and still rising . Not much light on 8 led 220 bulb but the amazing thing is it is a COLD circuit like really colder than the room if i shoot it with a laser thermometer. The other ones ran a few degrees above ambient .
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This is one of the most interesting paragraphs I've read on this forum since 2007. If there is no mistake in your observations, then both the rising battery voltage and below ambient running temperature, pose a very interesting combined phenomenon worthy of serious investigation.
Cheers

Ah, resistors, they waste power..... but really I've been lucky, I've only blown a few components, not nearly as many as some!  And you have to admit that my components fail in interesting ways....
Sometimes I can even find all the pieces!

I'm uploading a different codec (xvid) compression version of that last "scoping the line" video, Stefan, by your suggestion .... twice as large filesize, estimated 40 minutes for the upload or longer.... I hope it's worth it in quality. If it is, I'll use that from now on unless I'm in a hurry.

Hi TinselKoala,

Your above idea reminds me a circuit from Jean-Michel Cour where his goal was to discharge a puffer cap into a battery at determined voltage levels of the puffer cap, see here: http://www.google.com/patents/US20070222411  (he got the patent on it too: US 7928700)

I think you can change that circuit to your exact needs. The patent text includes the complete operation with component values

Gyula

I forgot to thank you for this. Yes....  ironically the top part of the Drawing Page 2 depicts just exactly what I had in mind, using an op amp as comparator switching a mosfet... I'm going to have to think about the rest of the circuit to understand it. Thanks again!

Holy crap . I am up 6:18 and that little circuit is putting out over 1.535  Instantaneously and the light got brighter  and it is setting 1.466  On a Nicad ? Man . Chills// and yea it is 21 degrees F  outside . everything is froze ,even my flags . Crystal clear and the moon looks like the sun . Beautiful day for light and playing with circuits inside.

I hope this battery don;t short out like My skinless battery did . It also rised and now i know a night of running will carry a cell over 1.5 volts . Old batteries just die especially Nicads if the over charge . But anyways i am getting Great results . Moray ? I need to mount this stuff . It is sitting in a plastic box soldered . My box is way to big so i will wait when i have a smaller one i think .

Stephan , Yes resistors are a nono  in this circuit as they kill whatever is happening . Running from a CAp/Nicad this circuit has exceeded any previously project . It is repeatable guys . Just do it and you will see. It may work with a 12 volt system . I don;t know and won;t find out as i need my transistors so i willl stay at single cell for now . I can do pretty much anything anyone can with an aa powered unit . The lS3 runs real Power from a C cell and i have a video there to prove that  I Am not good anymore making videos with Movie maker . It takes too much time ..but i can do it later on after someone else makes this . I replicated it so it is doable for others to try . This is a real Charge not static . I just tested the battery with a different meter and loaded it is a solid 1.310  . this would be close to an 8 hour charge on my 110 volt battery charger . All the nicads i have settle below this over night . plus this battery was just laying around for awhile and it was on it's way to 1.1 volts .. I am dizzy with prospects of integrating this fix in My Pocketpower+

hoptoad . yes sir i put t5he decimal in the wrong place . Running a nicad here and it is more than exciting to see this happening  . The circuit likes to be left alone and i don't know even if it can be scoped . Every thing external on the circuit changes it . leads act like antennas and change the output . I think it needs a special apparatus to inductively couple any leads without actually touching it . Any suggestions  as to what that might be?

Well getting coffee in me . I tried a germanium and darlington last night on a small coil i wound on a small ferrite rod about an inch and could not get the basic crossover to work so i an working on that trying different transistors i have .. The MpSa14 is a straight darlington and i wold have thought it would work for the primary exciter .. testing ..

Drafted Schematic by -Jesus. Thank you Jesus you are Great!