Pulsed Inverted Joule Thief Small bulb Big light

This is the "Pulsed Inverted Joule Thief" with a small modified CFL. It is putting out bright light and charging a big capacitor at the same time

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• Joule Thief
• Fluorescent Lighting
• Energy
• CFL

[vroom350]

Right. Thanks. core size around need more than 3inch? 42mm is ok?

[Lidmotor]

@vroom350 -----That might work if you can get enough windings on it. Make sure that it is ferrite. An iron core will not work.

[vroom350]

26 gauge wire mean 0.4mm correct?

[Lidmotor]

@vroom350 ----yes

[kubikop]

You could try using an OPTO Coupler to Isolate the CMOS 555 Timer from your other circuit?

[Lidmotor]

kubikop----An OPTO coupler would work. I have made a circuit using one and it isn't that hard. It was a Bedidi cap pulser that I built for an early CFL project called the "Lunch Box". That seems like a million years ago but it has just been months.

[ElectricJunta]

That CFL puts out more than light,

better watch a youtube video called "Dirty Electricity"

[ElectricJunta]

When are you gonna make a 12 volt car battery Joule Thief

so we can run electric cars right up the oil company asses?

[vroom350]

comment said 40 milliseconds that mean output of pin3? mean 25Hz but low frequency so normally good enough bright light?

[vroom350]

Bright light what best frequent kHz output of pin3?

[vroom350]

Thanks. its ferrite not iron, I got it. when make winding but start to circle end or over circle again depend 450 turn? primary two 20 turn same or separate between two 20 turn?

[vroom350]

Sound great! I will make same that, but I found that toroid core size is 42mm is that fine use? which kind iron or ferrite? guess iron. Copper wire what size B&S I see that say 26 is B&S right?