Help joule thief circuit

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lawnd

Joined May 10, 2018
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i was completed my small project with simple joule thief circuit, and I made inductor with L1 = 10L L and L2 = 110 L with same in string diameter. Input is 1,5 V with the output is -16 V.
and my question,
-Why the output is -16V?
-What components should be added so that the output is not negative and stable?
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rutendo

Joined Sep 24, 2017
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L see you are using an npn transistor and if you look over the voltage signal in an oscilliscope you will see the waveform is basically oscillating and an npn inverts the signal and hence negative.L hope ; answered your question
 

wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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I believe the windings in your secondary are the reverse polarity of what you want. Can you turn the connections around?
 

DickCappels

Joined Aug 21, 2008
10,152
I believe the windings in your secondary are the reverse polarity of what you want. Can you turn the connections around?
When the collector is low the base is driven more positive until something runs out (core saturates, the base drive becomes inadequate, etc.). That is the way this oscillator works.
 

DickCappels

Joined Aug 21, 2008
10,152
When the transistor eventually switches off you can get a pretty large positive flyback pulse. I don't see how it could go negative, that is why the question about the measurement method.

Somebody once wrote to me saying that he used a germanium transistor in this circuit to light a neon bulb when operating from a single silicon solar cell, putting out just over 0.6V. Amazing.
 

wayneh

Joined Sep 9, 2010
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When the transistor eventually switches off you can get a pretty large positive flyback pulse. I don't see how it could go negative...
Well what I was suggesting was that the secondary of the coil was oriented opposite as shown in the diagram. Murphy's Law. But I suppose it wouldn't oscillate that way. Which leaves the simpler hypothesis that the meter's leads were reversed.
 
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