How a Joule Thief Works

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Telboy-fv8ke
    @Telboy-fv8ke 6 лет назад +3

    Great video as always, I used a Coil from a Poundland cheap doorbell. Impressed with the result. 72 Led's on low brightness under 400μA . Very bright if I turn download resistor. Uses max 12.42mA, on my YT. Keep up the good work

  • @Enigma758
    @Enigma758 4 года назад +7

    "Solder flows where solder has been, so it's always best to tin tin tin" Love it! :)

  • @friedrichbendix7853
    @friedrichbendix7853 3 года назад +1

    Does this circuit work with any npn transistor? And can you scale it up to more volts and ampere?

  • @g00glian0
    @g00glian0 5 лет назад +1

    I love hearing your positive upbeat voice when your videos start!

  • @dalenassar9152
    @dalenassar9152 3 года назад

    Special thanks for the added history and patent info...rare!

  • @Skylineview713
    @Skylineview713 6 лет назад +5

    Great explanation of the Joule Thief. I've watched Clive's video a dozen time or more, I've also been watching what Julian Illet is doing with his circuits. I have found the bead sized inductors tend to run the battery down to around .2 or .3 volts. They are quite fun to wind too. I'm starting my own experiments with them, following Julian's lead.

    • @learnelectronics
      @learnelectronics  6 лет назад +2

      It's all about having fun and learning.

    • @timothyjohnson1511
      @timothyjohnson1511 7 месяцев назад

      Please view the video of Steven Jones who has a much more interesting description of a similar circuit on Shameka Loeffler.

  • @albertcarpentercats
    @albertcarpentercats 6 лет назад

    I saw a joule thief that you can wind a air core type without a toroid and put the coils together to make a wireless unit to do what ever you make with a full wave rectifier and a electrolytic capacitor to it.and I tested it and it does work.

  • @teh60
    @teh60 6 лет назад +2

    Reminds me of an ignition coil circuit on a car. Very thorough explanation, great video.

  • @reeseyme9613
    @reeseyme9613 6 лет назад +4

    i would suggest it will be much better to use a schematic diagram printout to explain the working then move on to breadboard to demonstrate.

  • @pauldery7875
    @pauldery7875 Год назад

    Thanks for the awesome explanation,

  • @vincenttan1261
    @vincenttan1261 6 лет назад

    Your Amazon link is not working.

  • @mathmaker6946
    @mathmaker6946 2 года назад

    my circuit only worked with this video, thank you so much

  • @alchemy1
    @alchemy1 2 года назад +1

    I don't understand why everyone mentions how to connect the two coil windings and yet they won't mention the reason for it. Better yet I don't see anyone asking why it is connected that or maybe have a mental picture for it.
    I simply see it as causing to current to flow in the same direction but oppositely wounded coil after I was able to cut through the cobweb of it in my mind.
    Anybody here that might know?

    • @user-rs8zg8ey2b
      @user-rs8zg8ey2b Год назад

      No disrespect here, but the explanation is about 5 of 10, why, does not show a schematic to make it easy to follow and he really does not explain it all correctly.
      Specially the boosting of the base voltage and EXACTLY why the transistor turns off. Most explanations I see are this way, incorrect.

  • @davidb4081
    @davidb4081 6 лет назад +1

    The little linear style through hole inductors will work just fine in place of winding your own torroid, if you wanted to make it look a little more streamlined. A pair soldered together make a peachy center tapped transformer. You can even omit the resistor, but to my calibrated eyeball it made no difference.

  • @axizepp
    @axizepp 5 лет назад

    its very important to mention that its very preferable to have a core with a flux reset path,like a ferrite with a non magnetic gap or powdered iron core. so when core will be energized,after that flux will fall to a much lower value (residual magnetization will be lower). that will make a greater efficiency of converter.

  • @Migueldeservantes
    @Migueldeservantes 6 лет назад +1

    Well I may be wrong but in my personal opinion it is basically a pump... take very low wattage, and literally increase the "watts just above the threshold of the minimum voltage needed to have a power return on the LED... Please if I'm wrong just let me know! don't get angry at me, every one have their own way to make sense of how the world around them work!!

  • @EnergyTRE
    @EnergyTRE Год назад

    simplicity is divinity.

  • @WalterWhite-pr1qs
    @WalterWhite-pr1qs 3 года назад

    What was the voltage increase? I didn't see any ☹️

  • @JuanPerez-uq5my
    @JuanPerez-uq5my Год назад

    Tanks to you, master... !!! I'm learning to fly in this electronic multiverse ... From Argentine, bye bye!!! 👋👋👋

  • @anonymousacid9160
    @anonymousacid9160 2 года назад

    just a cool addition to a joule thief: you can add a third winding on the transformer with a TON of turns to create VERY high voltages (unfortunately, with extremely low current). I got a 1.5v battery to go up to 50v that way. i think the 3-winding method is sued in many commercial mosquito zappers. just remember that people are not bugs, so dont zap them using this. i dont want to be the reason someone gets hurt lol

  • @TheRadiogeek
    @TheRadiogeek 6 лет назад +1

    Fun stuff to play with. You did a nice job explaining it.

  • @jsflood
    @jsflood 9 месяцев назад

    Great video! 330'ish kHz square wave, could this be used as a clock pulse for a mcu 🤔. Not that it would be useful by any means tho. 😸

  • @marioarvizu7077
    @marioarvizu7077 2 года назад

    You are simply AWESOME, to explain and teach. Thanks!!

  • @willhelmx8388
    @willhelmx8388 6 лет назад

    Nice paul, how low can you get in voltage before the led goes out? forward voltage of the TR?, probably one have an overshoot when the field collapses.....this i must try with an old germanium... thanks for sharing, nice channel

    • @learnelectronics
      @learnelectronics  6 лет назад

      Thank you. The toroid builds up charge as the transistor conducts. When the the it build up no more charge, the trsnsistor goes into cutoff. When this happens, the magnetic field in the toroid collapses and the accumulated charge is dumped at once into the LED, thousands of times a second.

  • @thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154
    @thehappylittlefoxakabenji8154 6 лет назад +1

    cool little circuit I made my first one in 1993 !

  • @stevehappe8583
    @stevehappe8583 5 лет назад

    Good tutorial. Thanks.

  • @alanbacknd3120
    @alanbacknd3120 6 лет назад +1

    Hi Paul, Great job on the Joule Thief. The web address for your store is wrong. The (S) is missing. Keep up the great work, Alan N8TIB

  • @michaelpadovani9566
    @michaelpadovani9566 6 лет назад +1

    You stole my joules and are losing your ground! Haha

  • @rodsofgod6863
    @rodsofgod6863 6 лет назад

    So its like a ram pump?

  • @manukalias
    @manukalias 3 года назад

    Nice 👍
    Wish we could use similar Joule Thief in our life to boost it.😍🤩😍🤩

  • @georgechambers3197
    @georgechambers3197 6 лет назад

    Wow, all these new viewers and subs sure come with a lot more criticism! I seen joule thieves for years and just blown them off as pretty well useless, but your video kind of shines a new light on them. Thanks for taking the time and effort to make us a GOOD video!

  • @BushImports
    @BushImports 3 года назад +1

    I usually use an air core coil or a pot core. Sometimes there is this really sweet spirit , I don know if it is God(Jesus) but where I usually get 19 or 20 volts I'll get like 42 volts. Thanks

  • @jerisin7202
    @jerisin7202 7 месяцев назад

    Steven Jones has a much more interesting description of a similar circuit on Shameka Loeffler.

  • @bassblaster505
    @bassblaster505 4 года назад

    3:00 2n2222 transformer got it

  • @j.clowers7223
    @j.clowers7223 6 лет назад +1

    Very cool to know.

  • @genechanloui
    @genechanloui 6 лет назад

    I was under the impression dc doesnt work inductors or transformers can anyone clarify

    • @learnelectronics
      @learnelectronics  6 лет назад +1

      Transistors and inductors definitely work with DC. If they didnt we wouldnt have the tech we do today.

  • @quantumlab9130
    @quantumlab9130 6 лет назад

    I personally prefer a buck boost converter because they are much more efficient.

    • @user-rs8zg8ey2b
      @user-rs8zg8ey2b Год назад

      And it runs down to 0.2V? haha, I dont think so.

  • @doctorbo5810
    @doctorbo5810 5 лет назад

    Thanks a lot.

  • @WhoIsSam113H
    @WhoIsSam113H 4 года назад

    Just put a secondary winding on that toroid

  • @Myreply59
    @Myreply59 5 лет назад

    You have a perfect radio voice. If you haven't thought of being on a radio show, you should. Also, you explain the joule thief well, with a good model demonstration.

  • @peterschets1380
    @peterschets1380 6 лет назад

    I saw in a other video that he was using a nail to act as a transformer. I am still not sure if it was a april fools joke. :)

  • @TheKetsa
    @TheKetsa 6 лет назад +4

    Take care of your health.

  • @RaymondReise
    @RaymondReise 6 лет назад

    nice videos, just a little tip, the mic doesn´t need to be that close, it´s kind of weird to hear the heavy breathing of anyone.

    • @learnelectronics
      @learnelectronics  6 лет назад +2

      Why dont you read the video description before you make a fool of yourself with your comments. I suffer from congestive heart failure and use oxygen 24 hours a day. You would hear my bresthing if the microphone was across the room. If it bothers you, i invite you to watch a different video.

  • @feynmandirac7575
    @feynmandirac7575 3 года назад

    Dude you just narrated Wikipedia article on this

  • @michael-gary-scott
    @michael-gary-scott 6 лет назад

    oh my god your breathing is so loud

    • @learnelectronics
      @learnelectronics  6 лет назад

      That's because I'm dying from congestive heart failure.

    • @naturalmilkhoneyandzenretr9508
      @naturalmilkhoneyandzenretr9508 4 года назад

      @@learnelectronics I am an Rn ,n Natural healer and could help you. I need some electronic help so maybe we can work out something. I'm having a RUclips Awards Potluck Bonfire. APRIL 3RD. AT 2 LMK IF U CAN COME

  • @Mr1bassman1
    @Mr1bassman1 4 года назад

    Are you a smoker?

  • @oestrek
    @oestrek 6 лет назад

    TRANSISTOR! TRANSISTOR! not TRANSFORMER!

    • @learnelectronics
      @learnelectronics  6 лет назад +5

      Slip of the tounge. My most humble apologies for offending you and causing you to YELL AT ME.

    • @oestrek
      @oestrek 6 лет назад +1

      its not that I am offended. I know you are trying hard to do something here and I appreciate it. I really do but somewhere along the line someone needs to yell cut and run a retake of the scene even if the only someone is only a voice in your head. You do yourself a great disservice by making a LOT of speaking mistakes. It weakens your message which is essentially a good one. I know you need to get product out there and I can respect that but this video looks more like a last minute homework attempt. Nobody said it was going to be easy but if it its worth doing, its worth doing right.