This is a 2.3 volt 10F supercap which replaces my AA battery in the Joule Thief circuit. I charged this cap with a single AA battery for about 10 seconds prior to filming. I did the same thing about a week ago and the LED stayed illuminated for about 2…
13 January 2009 at 03:26 · Comment
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This is the modified Fuji AA circuit running 100 leds. The amazing thing is that the AA battery alone will not even light up one of these leds. More to come from Pirate Labs. Check out the Joule Thief topic over at overunitydotcom.
12 January 2009 at 08:53 · Comment
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This is a video of 3 LEDs (2-265000 MCD and 1-26500 MCD 10 mm Ultra brights)running from a single AA battery. Each LED requires between 4 and 4.5 vdc and over 100 mA’s each to light. For more info, see overunitydotcom in the Joule thief topic. This is …
12 January 2009 at 06:09 · Comment
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Here we are illuminating a 40 watt tube from a single AA battery. This is a modified version of Josepino’s disposable camera circuit. I have used this same circuit to light 2 of these 48″ tubes end to end. I have also illuminated 400 leds with this sam…
12 January 2009 at 03:55 · Comment
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Joule Thief Test circuit lighting 2 LEDs. One LED is 28500 MCD and the other is 265000 MCD. Each LED requires about 4.5 vdc each to light. Circuit is powered by single AA battery. More can be read about these experiments on Overunitydotcom in the Joule…
12 January 2009 at 00:41 · Comment
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