Saturday, February 18, 2012

Camera transformers to boost ultra low voltage?

Ive heard that transformers used to boost battery voltage in cameras can bring up a standard 1.5 volt voltage to a few thousand volts. Instead of boosting a 1.5 volt voltage to a few thousand volts, would I be able to boost 10-30mV to at least 1 volt using the camera transformer?Camera transformers to boost ultra low voltage?A transformer does not work off of straight D.C. You have to oscillate it to make A.C. from it. That goes through the transformer in a simple ratio. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer

The method to boost 10-30mV to 1 volt is known, but how to practically apply it would be problematic. First the 10 to 30 mV will not get through the resistance barriers in most of the devices that could be used to make an oscillator. Even Schottky diodes require 0.15 volts to break down their forward resistance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode



So in a nutshell, it is in theory possible, but at the current time there is no practical method to do so.



Now if you had a huge amount of current at those low voltages, you could use a small oscillator powered from a battery and ride your D.C. on the A.C. so produced. That could make it through a transformer in the way of flux. But hardly noticeable difference in potential from the A.C. signal. Still it would be interesting to try it.

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