I never did see this one! Cooool :) I never saw anybody really crank out the light with this circuit to the point of something "usable" (beyond a night light, so to speak). For clarification, for all... in the end there... what were we observing (for current draw) was it 12v / 0.100a or was it 12v / 0.01 ? How many milliamps at 12v to drive all those puppies? The inductors, were they Fuji triggercoils as in the jonnydavro simple sec? Thanks! Awesome
@KyleCarrington I believe I was only getting 1/4 of the power I could get from it because I didn't chain up enough LED panels. It works great for about 50 LEDs per av plug.
Also the amp draw is funny because as you saw I was able to make it say 0. The meter I was using is not good enough to measure radiant circuits with precision, but it was quite low.
I had an NE555 driving a transistor into a automotive coil and discovered that a Darlington was the way to go. Switch high currents without high base currents.
It was easy to tune the freq of the 555 for resonance of the coil. Used it to punch pin holes in aluminum foil.
No I actually just removed 3, and they all tested the same, so I used one and showed 2 ;-)
Other coils may be blue or green but its the center tap / 3 legs that you need to look for... maybe it is the smallest possible JT? Its wound like one.
Really Nice work Cosmicgnarler.Those leds look really bright and so many and you show the importance of a balanced load.Great video and a really creative setup.Regards jonny.
That was great!!! Please add this to my video as a video response. What you did with this is exactly what I hope for. You changed things and made it better. Adding the correct load to the circuit with all those leds I think is what Dr. Stiffler told us about (as I recall) to keep the transistor happy. He also used a small piece of copper tubing on the transistor as a heat sink. The classical piano music was a nice touch. Thanks for doing this. Jonny made a great simple circuit here.
Ok, I posted the response. I think I will hold off on tinkering with this circuit until my transistors arrive, but I see potential for a modular floodlight system with this.
@CosmicGnarler ---Thanks. I posted it. I am using a 25 ohm rheostat (Radio shack) and a filament Xmas tree light bulb to control the amps into the transistors and save them. A pair of them in parallel seem to help also.
you got me thinking with that turkey pan, you could probaly put some wax paper inside then stack another pan inside and make a large stackable capacitor out of stacked up turkey pans.
I'll get back to you when the transistors arrive ;-) This circuit is devouring what I had laying around... But seeing how clamp amp meter draw could read 0, I could imagine a long time. This will be the next thing I do, asap.
With one transistor in, the Hfe will begin to drop, which affects resonance and tuning, so as the single transistor is overloaded and begins to fry, the resonant points change. With 2 transistors in, they should be better protected from that.
funny how the metal ball once excited pulls the excited field with it a ways, like taffy. If you find a metal slinky you'd be able to play with shooting the excited field in straight lines like Stiffler's latest videos. Great stuff :)
WEIRD. I know... I think what happens is when I get the ball close to the pan, oscillations build up and eventually the light turns on. Build up enough oscillations, and I can slowly move the ball without disturbing the field too much. Actually I have no real explanation for the phenomena I displayed, its all just guesses. I'm still amazed it can do wireless!
DC battery supply, being chopped by transistor. Voltage only after the coil, in pulse trains caused by the oscillations. Pulsed DC with possibility of harmonics.
I never did see this one! Cooool :) I never saw anybody really crank out the light with this circuit to the point of something "usable" (beyond a night light, so to speak). For clarification, for all... in the end there... what were we observing (for current draw) was it 12v / 0.100a or was it 12v / 0.01 ? How many milliamps at 12v to drive all those puppies? The inductors, were they Fuji triggercoils as in the jonnydavro simple sec? Thanks! Awesome
KyleCarrington 5 months ago
@KyleCarrington I believe I was only getting 1/4 of the power I could get from it because I didn't chain up enough LED panels. It works great for about 50 LEDs per av plug.
Also the amp draw is funny because as you saw I was able to make it say 0. The meter I was using is not good enough to measure radiant circuits with precision, but it was quite low.
CosmicGnarler 4 months ago
All i can say is WOW! :-]
K0W0O0N0 1 year ago
I had an NE555 driving a transistor into a automotive coil and discovered that a Darlington was the way to go. Switch high currents without high base currents.
It was easy to tune the freq of the 555 for resonance of the coil. Used it to punch pin holes in aluminum foil.
decula03 1 year ago
wtf is this thing supposed to do?
DonPhrostByte 1 year ago
Quick Watson! Grab the spectrum analyzer!
decula03 2 years ago
Where is your Don Smith info please?
BDDFOUR 2 years ago
Keep up the good work
A lot of light with LITTLE power
mytickets 2 years ago
Very nice work here! These circuits of Dr. Stiffler are amazing.
Excellent!
Bill
Pirate88179 2 years ago
This circuit was inspired by his research however it was a lidmotor creation. ;-)
TheDoglady45 2 years ago
Beautiful
Anothercoilgun 2 years ago
NICE.
You showed 2 yellow trigger coils. Did you use both somewhere? I have not built this yet, but I do have those yellow camera kind!!- so I could.
thanks--- jeanna
jeannacav 2 years ago
@jeannacav
No I actually just removed 3, and they all tested the same, so I used one and showed 2 ;-)
Other coils may be blue or green but its the center tap / 3 legs that you need to look for... maybe it is the smallest possible JT? Its wound like one.
Thanks for the comment!
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
Really Nice work Cosmicgnarler.Those leds look really bright and so many and you show the importance of a balanced load.Great video and a really creative setup.Regards jonny.
jonnydavro 2 years ago
@jonnydavro
Thank you for the kind comment!
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
That was great!!! Please add this to my video as a video response. What you did with this is exactly what I hope for. You changed things and made it better. Adding the correct load to the circuit with all those leds I think is what Dr. Stiffler told us about (as I recall) to keep the transistor happy. He also used a small piece of copper tubing on the transistor as a heat sink. The classical piano music was a nice touch. Thanks for doing this. Jonny made a great simple circuit here.
Lidmotor 2 years ago
@Lidmotor
Ok, I posted the response. I think I will hold off on tinkering with this circuit until my transistors arrive, but I see potential for a modular floodlight system with this.
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
@CosmicGnarler ---Thanks. I posted it. I am using a 25 ohm rheostat (Radio shack) and a filament Xmas tree light bulb to control the amps into the transistors and save them. A pair of them in parallel seem to help also.
Lidmotor 2 years ago
you got me thinking with that turkey pan, you could probaly put some wax paper inside then stack another pan inside and make a large stackable capacitor out of stacked up turkey pans.
the circuit is nice, thanks for the video!
onthecuttingedge2005 2 years ago
with a smaller battery, like 2 9v in series, how much does the voltage drop over half an hour running, 5 min resting?
Inquorate 2 years ago
I'll get back to you when the transistors arrive ;-) This circuit is devouring what I had laying around... But seeing how clamp amp meter draw could read 0, I could imagine a long time. This will be the next thing I do, asap.
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
With one transistor in, the Hfe will begin to drop, which affects resonance and tuning, so as the single transistor is overloaded and begins to fry, the resonant points change. With 2 transistors in, they should be better protected from that.
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
funny how the metal ball once excited pulls the excited field with it a ways, like taffy. If you find a metal slinky you'd be able to play with shooting the excited field in straight lines like Stiffler's latest videos. Great stuff :)
Inquorate 2 years ago
@Inquorate
WEIRD. I know... I think what happens is when I get the ball close to the pan, oscillations build up and eventually the light turns on. Build up enough oscillations, and I can slowly move the ball without disturbing the field too much. Actually I have no real explanation for the phenomena I displayed, its all just guesses. I'm still amazed it can do wireless!
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
was that ac current or dc current? I predict you will see an ac current.
morpher44 2 years ago
@morpher44
DC battery supply, being chopped by transistor. Voltage only after the coil, in pulse trains caused by the oscillations. Pulsed DC with possibility of harmonics.
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago
no I meant were you measuring DC current or AC current.
morpher44 2 years ago
DC.
TheDoglady45 2 years ago
what a video great work,
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BodkinsEnergy 2 years ago
@BodkinsEnergy
Thanks for the love, buddy ;-)
CosmicGnarler 2 years ago