Reverse Joule Thief

by benji.abrams in Circuits > LEDs

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Reverse Joule Thief

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Reverse Joule Thief - no cost by salvaging old PC parts 2012
This is the reverse joule thief I found on YouTube. Supposedly it works better. I wrote this tutorial because I wanted to find a freeway to build the circuit

Materials

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One old PC power supply, any will do fine.

Disassemble

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Okay. Now you want to get the power supply out of the PC box by unscrewing four screws that hold the PC Power supply in place.

Disassemble

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Now that you've got the power supply out of the PC, find the side with the four screws and unscrew them.
Then open the two pieces carefully.

Disassemble

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Let's began by extracting the toroid bead from the power supply with a soldering iron. Afterwards take off a few copper wires and leave 2 on in order for the Reverse Joule Thief to work.

Disassemble

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Looking through the circuit board to find the resistor,1K, using the soldering iron again we will extract the resistor,1K, for our Reverse Joule Thief.

Disassemble

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Again we look through the circuit board to find a transistor, no matter which one,  and use the soldering iron to get it out of the circuit board.

Assembly

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Now it is time to use the schematic I found on YouTube to build the circuit.
After you are finished, you will have the Reverse Joule Thief circuit ready to use with a 1.5v AA battery free of cost.