Well I'm probably sharing this info prematurely since my test of this effect is incomplete, but it APPEARS that my device is actually charging the single battery that I am using instead of depleting it. I saw this effect in voltage only. Here is what happened:
First of all, last night I had it on the 3 AA batteries at 3.813V
This morning, 13 hours later, it had depleted the batteries 76mV.
I decided to toy around with it a bit, and I stuck on only one of the three batteries. It started at 1.276V. I then shorted the caps temporarily, one by one, and on the cap from S1L1 end to S1L2 start, it immediately jumped up to 1.277V. (when I shorted the caps there was absolutely no noticeable difference in the light output of the 6V bulb.)
I then left it alone for a few hours, and when I had checked again, it was at 1.270V. I disconnected the battery from the device, and after a few minutes of settling it was at 1.274V. I know that this is only the voltage, and isn't the only factor in determining if the battery is in fact being charged by the device, so I am now performing a simple test.
I know that if I were to connect an inline meter into the device, it would interrupt the circuit and probably destroy any bit of this small effect, so what I have decided to do is measure the mA of the battery by placing a 3.2ohm 15w resistor between the positive lead of my meter and the battery to get a current reading, and then check the voltage reading. This way I can measure the battery before, and after, to see if it is in fact being charged by the device. I am going to check it after a few hours and see what happens, and then leave it for several hours - possibly overnight, and then check it again. After I have performed this test, I will resume the other tests to read the current draw of the device, and whether or not it still draws less current when loaded than unloaded (which it did AFTER I added the polypropylene film capacitors - but not before). makes me wonder about the resonant process... and if I somehow managed to hit the nail on the head with frequency/capacitance/inductance.....
But like I said, I am probably throwing this info out here prematurely.......
First of all, last night I had it on the 3 AA batteries at 3.813V
This morning, 13 hours later, it had depleted the batteries 76mV.
I decided to toy around with it a bit, and I stuck on only one of the three batteries. It started at 1.276V. I then shorted the caps temporarily, one by one, and on the cap from S1L1 end to S1L2 start, it immediately jumped up to 1.277V. (when I shorted the caps there was absolutely no noticeable difference in the light output of the 6V bulb.)
I then left it alone for a few hours, and when I had checked again, it was at 1.270V. I disconnected the battery from the device, and after a few minutes of settling it was at 1.274V. I know that this is only the voltage, and isn't the only factor in determining if the battery is in fact being charged by the device, so I am now performing a simple test.
I know that if I were to connect an inline meter into the device, it would interrupt the circuit and probably destroy any bit of this small effect, so what I have decided to do is measure the mA of the battery by placing a 3.2ohm 15w resistor between the positive lead of my meter and the battery to get a current reading, and then check the voltage reading. This way I can measure the battery before, and after, to see if it is in fact being charged by the device. I am going to check it after a few hours and see what happens, and then leave it for several hours - possibly overnight, and then check it again. After I have performed this test, I will resume the other tests to read the current draw of the device, and whether or not it still draws less current when loaded than unloaded (which it did AFTER I added the polypropylene film capacitors - but not before). makes me wonder about the resonant process... and if I somehow managed to hit the nail on the head with frequency/capacitance/inductance.....
But like I said, I am probably throwing this info out here prematurely.......
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