Making progress with with the Joule Ringer. The capacitor is 32000uF 20V.
Tag Archive: CFLs
Nov 03
Joule Thief Circuit – Driving CFLs with 1.5v
In the “Big Joule Theif” thread of the Energetic Forum some wizards are producing light from CFLs using only 1.5 volts. There are hand-wound coils, and clever circuits being experimented with. This is all great fun and may lead to a very inexpensive, low power lighting system. Here is my attempt, which utilized many ideas …
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