Joule Thief - Driving a Flyback with a 1.5V (5)

[LoneOarman]

He is lighting the cfl with two 1.5v, but one 1.5v is very dim lighting. The CFLs circuits are removed. Many are adding a third coil/winding in order to charge an extra battery. It will charge an extra battery only if the voltage is higher than the other two coils. A capacitor timer circuit to swap the batteries every 1/2 hour and it's a Tesla Switch. What happens if you add Piezo Electric Crystals to the mix in the KV radiant environment? Thanks for your videos & keep up the good work...

[LoneOarman]

CQ, I'm having similar results but powering CFL florescent bulb with flyback at 5 to 12 volts, and very calm and quiet at 6 volts. What is the purpose of identical coils? I thought non-identical was better, for step-up voltage??? Watch this, he is winding two coils on one torroid ring: v=niiL1Rhcf6g

The same guy is getting over 1000 Volts from his Joule Thief here: v=rt3DMyanfWc

[chilliqueen2007]

The whole concept of Joule Thief,(JT) is to drive circuits with 1.5V. Gbluer is using 12V for his JT. When you use 12v it is no longer a JT but a flyback circuit. Most commercial applications, as you pointed out are 6V or 12V. If you buy a 12V CFL from the store and it lights up. It is no big deal. But if you light it up with 1.5V. It IS a big deal. Had GBluer used 1.5v he won't get any output at all.

BTW, my coils also produce a humming sound when placed near strong magnets.

[LoneOarman]

Here is 1.5v powering CFL plus extra battery charge circuit

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[hardstyle905]

@chilliqueen2007 awesome.