The concept discusses yet another popular joule thief circuit, this time using power BJT 2n3055, improvised by my old friend steven in his own unique way. Let’s get to the core of the developments with the following article: In a few earlier article we covered some interesting theories summarized as given below: Here is the […]
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Can we Power a Joule Thief Circuit with a Small DC Motor
Normally, we use a Joule Thief circuit to illuminate an LED higher than 3V, from a 1.5V AAA Cell, which looks outstanding and very useful. However suppose you don’t have a 1.5V Cell, instead you have an access to a small 3V DC PM motor, then could you use this motor as a DC source […]
Joule Thief Circuit using a Single Winding Inductor
Normally we find Joule Thief Circuits using a toroidal ferrite core with two separate winding, meaning it has a separate primary and secondary winding just like transformers. However, in the article we will discuss about a design which eliminate the requirement of having two separate winding, rather makes use of a single continuous winding with […]
Joule Thief Circuit which can Illuminate any 3.3V LED or Higher
The concept discussed here remains exactly identical to the usual joule thief configuration, we just replace the normally used 5mm LED with a 1 watt LED. Of course this would mean the battery getting drained pretty much earlier than a 5mm LED, but it’s still economical than using a two 1.5 cells and not including a […]
Joule Thief Circuits: Illuminating LED with 1.5V DC
A Joule Thief is a simple electronic circuit which can convert a low DC voltage into a higher voltage. We can make this circuit using a transistor, an inductor and a few other components. The interesting thing about this circuit is that we can use a single 1.5V battery to light up a white or […]
8X Overunity from Joule Thief – Proven Design
In this post I have explained about a unique 8x overunity circuit quite resembling a joule thief design which was created by one of the noted researcher Professor Steven E. Jones while experimenting with a simple overunity concept. 8x more Output from a Simple Joule Thief Circuit While developing this overunity circuit he was amazed […]