Hi Jim,
Thanks for sharing. Let me see if I can describe this correctly. Please correct any mistakes I make. You are using a 12 volt battery to power an inverter. The inverter is putting out 110 volts AC. You are then using a bridge rectifier to convert the AC to DC. You are NOT connecting the negative side of the bridge to anything. The positive side of the bridge gets connected to one end of the capacitor string. You are using 60 uf AC motor capacitors. You have two or more of them connected in series. The other end is connected to a ground rod that is actually driven into the ground. After the voltage settles down you can go from cap to cap and discharge the cap by lighting up your 4 to 7 watt bulb. As long as you don't keep discharging the same cap you can do this over and over again and the ammeter shows the caps being recharged from the ground connection. Do I have all that correct?
Respectfully,
Carroll
Thanks for sharing. Let me see if I can describe this correctly. Please correct any mistakes I make. You are using a 12 volt battery to power an inverter. The inverter is putting out 110 volts AC. You are then using a bridge rectifier to convert the AC to DC. You are NOT connecting the negative side of the bridge to anything. The positive side of the bridge gets connected to one end of the capacitor string. You are using 60 uf AC motor capacitors. You have two or more of them connected in series. The other end is connected to a ground rod that is actually driven into the ground. After the voltage settles down you can go from cap to cap and discharge the cap by lighting up your 4 to 7 watt bulb. As long as you don't keep discharging the same cap you can do this over and over again and the ammeter shows the caps being recharged from the ground connection. Do I have all that correct?
Respectfully,
Carroll
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