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>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 13 February 2005 06:17
>To: piclist@mit.edu
>Subject: [EE]: joulethief.com website
>
>
>http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/joule.htm
>
>I always figured the site above was the original Joule Thief circuit.
>
>A web search on "Joule Thief" now turns up the site below 
>selling kits of a different circuit. http://www.joulethief.com/
>
>The paypal link has an address of this site: http://www.ludcon.com/
>
>Which is the same person that whois shows as contact for 
>joulethief.com.
>
>
>Anyone know where the original title "Joule Thief" came from?


Domain Name: JOULETHIEF.COM
Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS1.HOST-ME.US
Name Server: NS2.HOST-ME.US
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 03-feb-2005
Creation Date: 27-apr-2004
Expiration Date: 27-apr-2006

Looks like this is a pretty new website, certainly much newer than
Clives.  The circuit configuration is different however, Clives uses one
transistor and a home brew transformer wound on a ferrite core, the
newer one uses a plain inductor but two transistors.

Regards

Mike

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