Tesla switch replication

[Matthew Jones]

Thanks for the reply Matt!
I did not know that! I'm curious though as to why the transistors wouldn't fire directly from the IC? It provides a 5v output and I thought that would be enough. It worked on a simple circuit I made using the same principle and I just turned a motor on and off everyone 1/2 second.

Well the IC would fire the transistor if you had the IC grounded to the battery it was switching. But other than that it should not work.

You should review this thread. There are alot of schematics to learn from.

But in the case of serial connection made with a transistor. You would hook the hot of one battery to the collector and the emitter to the ground of the other. You cannot just hook any power source to the base and expect it to fire. You would need to pull you power from the same connection as the collector to fully turn it on. All the other connections have the same kind rules.

Try it you'll see what I am talking about.

Matt