Imhotep's Radiant Oscillator Video

[Aromaz]

Ground or not Ground

@LIDMOTOR

With one or two ltubes, the ground increases the illumination. But once I have more than two tubes connected, the ground dimms the illumination. Without the ground, the second wave then seems to come into effect. With ground the scope does not see the second wave. (see above)

My ISP is frustrating the blue moon out of me today. Erratice and dead slow. Still trying to download the LIDMOTOR video.

[Aromaz]

More info

? COLPITTS OSCILLATOR = do not know. Firt time I saw this word, but then I am a pure novice - only 3 months into this.

Googled it quickly but does not looks anywhere similar. Neither does the wave form. As I said before: Looks like jumping Mathilda (Ozzie kangaroo). See attached file. Scope on line between 3055 and positive of coil.

When I scan the lights with scope probe, (not connected) there are two clearly different waves. One is as on scope below, then there is another much slower wave that pulls up and go off before I can capture it. This is a very high voltage, out of ability of scope/probe for now. However, on the third photo you can also see this wave passing through the fuorecent tube.
I could even measure it with my infrared tachometer at 36.7 Pulses per Second. The scope only captures the 4.8 KHz.

RE 555 smokes:
I will post that complete curcuit with which I had most success later today (once I became able to convert the file from Rhino to jpg).
At present I would dare to say my problem seems to be a back EMF that somehow burns through/over the protection diode (2n4148 and 2N4007) and then smokes the IC. Each time the 555 died, I find also this diode shorted out. It always happens on long runs of more than 30 minutes.

On this wave - also no spikes at all.

[Lidmotor]

Amazing Aromaz solid state CFL circuit-My Replication

OK Good news and bad news. Good news is I got it to work. Bad news is I don't really understand it. It was an all day project. I did not run the way the diagram showed. Probably something I did wrong. In the video I don't mention it but I think that I either have the 2n2222 transistor in backwards or the diagram on the package of (15) it came in was wrong. It caused me much greif. After hours of playing with it I finally had success and there was light Take a look in the video of where I ended up putting the earth ground---right into the HV of the coil. Something is not right or something strange is very very right.

Aromaz-- You are right the coil hums. I did not try multiple light bulbs yet but I will. I added a 5m pot at the 2222 base to get it to run and a 25 ohm rheostat at the battery to control current. Thanks so much for the great circuit.

Ren-- The reason that I keep burning up 555 chips is because I am not protecting them with an optoisolater. On my Lunch box circuit I used one in the cap pulser part and have never had a problem.

Bodkins-- You are going to like this one. It really makes use of the earth ground well. Maybe you and Nat can explain why.

YouTube - Aromaz CFL Circuit

Cheers,

Lidmotor

[Inquorate]

Derr..

I'm a bit slow. I think you've made the whole circuit a colpitts oscillator, thus dispensing with the need for a signal generator. When you add cfl's, you're changing the frequency of oscillations.

Colpitts oscillator

[Inquorate]

@ Aromaz

I've been scouring the net looking for signal generators. Learnt a whole lot about colpitts oscillators. Now I see there's no need.

Um.

Brilliant..

[ren]

Here you go Ren...



I would recomend either open office or Abi word for docs both are free.

Thanks Mart,

mac user here, still filling in all the programs I need to function.

Aromaz, your circuit is interesting. You would get a largish gain from that Darlington configuration id imagine, along with increased current capabilities and lower internal resistance with 3 transistors in parallel. I have been meaning to try this for a while now, but I have been busy with mosfets. I see that your coil is also placed in the negative leg of the circuit....

Im not quite sure of the triggering however, the 2n2222 would block any flow
to the base of your first 2n3055 I thought. And since nothing is connected to the base of the 2n2222 ...? Or does your 555 trigger this?

Just a little hint guys for those blowing up 555s. You can just as easily run your opto isolator in there so your 555 is protected. You then already have your small npn triggering transistor which can trigger a parallel string of 2n's or whatever. I can draw something up if you need to see it.

[Aromaz]

[theremart]

Can't see the doc..

cant read doc above, if anyone can convert to jpeg.

By the way Lid, why or how do you keep popping 555's?

Here you go Ren...



I would recomend either open office or Abi word for docs both are free.

[ren]

cant read doc above, if anyone can convert to jpeg.

By the way Lid, why or how do you keep popping 555's?

[Bodkins]

thats crazy Aromaz hope lidmotor can get it running sound interesting

[Lidmotor]

Aromaz's 555 eliminator circuit

Aromaz,
I will be duplicating this today. I have all my fingers crossed and all my toes that this thing will work. I am so tired of burning up 555 chips. I have always thought that a very simple oscillator circuit would make the CFL run quite nicely. The 2n2222 does the switching and the 2n3055s carry the load. The infinite base at the 2n2222 actually makes sense to me but I wonder if a high ohm pot there might let us vary the frequency? The earth ground at the Emitter is another question. Maybe this is causing the effect?
If I get this running I will post the results. Thanks,

Lidmotor

[Aromaz]

Talking of Ghosts....

I got back today and was resetting all on my fq generator when last 555 smoked; replacement 157 km far! Thus I tried something different, anyway not too happy with weak 555 circuits. Then I got some strange actions and readings, so I started unplugging and pulling out from breadboard until only this relevant things were left.

Now this I can not explain, except maybe somehow the coil has gone into self-oscillation. I would love to see if someone else can duplicate this and really be happy to understand the why! I broke all up, used other parts and still got the same results.

See attached circuit.
Parts: 1x 2N2222A, 4x 2N3055, 1x12Vdc battery, 1xHitachi ignition coil, 1x Philips CFG gas tube (all controll board removed) and earth(ground/dirt) wire.

Stats: Battery disconected: 12.24 v, Running 12.16V
Running: Amp from Battery + terminal 0.86 Amp (sometimes up to 1.16A)
Volt at 2N2222A Emitter - 3.03V
Volt at Master 2N3055 Emitter - 2.59V
Volt at coil + 1.87V
Amp at coil + 1.18A
Frequency - connected at + of coil: 5.962k Hz
Same reading without (electrionic) Hz meter connected for distance of up to 42 cm from coil/light - Horizontal. By accident and strange thing: Vertical above the coil the frequency is only 263 Hz and reading up to 220 cm from coil - meter not connected.

Coil does have VERY faint resonance 'whisper'.
All components cold.
No condensor (capacitor) anywhere, no resistor, no diode.
Spark at light about 1.5 to 2.0 mm, blue purple colour.
No feeling anywhere - neither schock on any component.
Touching the 2222 transistor E seems to lighten the bulb a few points.
The light is nearly (85% ??) same is the same light in my roof which is 18W 220V AC.

Oscilloscope shows a strange hoop like wave - similar to Australian Kangaroo! or like standard coil symbol.

PS. Afterthought and went to check: Adding second light INCREASED glow in both lamps to be more than one lamp alone - that is the first light went more bright and second also same bright. With one light a barely noticeable flikker, with two tubes both are very smooth light. Third light seems to keep same brightess as with two - i.o.w. More 'light' in total.

DESCRIPTION:
12v Battery, positive terminal our to parallel supply all 5 transistors connect to Comuter.
Negative terminal got to negative of coil and one point of light bulb.
1st Transistor 2N2222 Base not connected anywhere, but remove and system fails!?
2N2222 Emitter connects to Master 2N3055 Base.
Master 3055 emitter connects to 3x 2N3055 transistors at Base - in parallel.
Earth wire (dirt/land/soil) connects to Emitter of 2N2222


Sorry for drawing on MS-Word 2003. Seems my Rhino 3D can not do PDF or JPEG. Will sort out soon.

[ren]

OT

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About the weakening magnetic field yes I have read a lot about it and the imminent pole shift that people speculate about. How about the weakening magnetic field due to the stronger solar radiation during the last 20 years? The rising temperature and more volcanoes have reduced the HHO inside the planet.

Earth's magnetic field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The HHO magnetic field balances the solar radiation, one or the other is dominant regulating temperature up and down. And when the sun is too strong and melts the north pole a massive hurricane(two counter rotating vortices just like a jet crossflow CVP) sends 120 metres of ocean into the skies(at the same time as the other vortex drills some freezing stratospheric parts into the ocean), the water freezes instantaneously and falls down at our heads(3 miles of ice, imagine not a bug will survive this north of Africa or Mexico latitudes). Trigger point: 26,5 C surface water. Breaker: when there is ice everywhere. Terracycles

[ashtweth]

Guys the RV's number is 1.618
Forgot to post.