Max current from the parasitic_switch

[Antori91]

Hello Harvie,
Did you successfully implement your parasitic_switch? I would like to use such parasitic switch to power up a controller like an ESP8266. To better understand your design, I've tried it using LTspice and then I don't understand how you can get enough current from this design to power up an Arduino (or an ESP8266 w/ Wifi Enabled). I need at least 100-200 mA (even much more at boot) when this design which is a Transformerless power supply seems to be able to deliver up to 20 mA.
Could you give me some inputs? Thanks in advance for your reply.

[Harvie]

Hello.
I haven't time to test this yet. But i think this might be wort the experimenting.
I think that you can easily get lots of power when using incadescent bulbs. It might not be so easy in case of LEDs and CFLs. But i am still interested in this topic, so we can discuss our progress here.