I'' have to check yours out...
I need about a day to check yours out. We are very busy atm. My mom is coming up from Florida on Sunday. She is up for the Holiday and family is very high on my priority list right now.
The squiggles is actually a resistor that is set. Like a 1k to limit the maximum current to simulate a leakage that would be present in the Electrolytic cap while using the Captret method. The pot is to adjust the minimum current allowed to leak. I made this to explore the adjustment of resistance and how that affects the signal I am seeing.
Also I am thinking that paralleling more ceramic caps would strengthen the oscillation that is happening because of the leakage. It might be that we could also put the same setup on the right of the circuit as well to simulate the leakage from the other plate as well. I am not sure about that yet. It just might pull more real current from the battery and I think all we want the right ceramic cap is to use as a rebounding container.
Leds are a funny thing. Actually the highest current they will pass is on startup or conduction. After this happens they will stay open just from the flow of voltage across the junction. Thats why we will see the current ping high then drop off with the added caps filling up to operating level. Like I said earlier I think this signal is auto tuned to the battery or source and to the load as well. The whole circuit becomes balanced and will charge the battery from the mere presents of the low level flow and amplitude that this method provides.
We conduct or allows a small amount of flow and that flow has inertia. This sets the battery in a slow leak mode draining a small potential and then sloshing it around on the ceramic caps. This feeds back via the negative plate and across the positive plate causing a vacuum to form and flow increases exponentially. Once the flow is started the caps piggyback a signal into the battery at it's resonance frequency that is formed by the caps and battery.
Right now I am trying to figurew out the relationship with the resistors that are now operating as a flow valve for the leakage we are providing. I need to get some more parts from the store before I can go further. A grab bag of ceramic caps and some good ranged variable resistors (pots) plus some resistors..
If I'm gonna do this I might as well start with known good parts.
Like I said I'll look at your circuit in a day or so and let you know if the signal is present with your circuit.
By the way the new setup or design is working flawlessly... I haven't gotten a loss in voltage but I have not gained any either. It was mentioned that old parts and sloppy connections could be the case for the bad results on the charging effect as of yet. Of course I'm not running the led hard either it is only dimly lit because of the high resistor I had to use at 322k ohms. I'm gonna go with the set resistor and the variable add on to have a base limit on the leakage. This could also make it easier to use on multiple voltages or raise the range of higher voltages. I'll have to see when I get to that point.
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The squiggles is actually a resistor that is set. Like a 1k to limit the maximum current to simulate a leakage that would be present in the Electrolytic cap while using the Captret method. The pot is to adjust the minimum current allowed to leak. I made this to explore the adjustment of resistance and how that affects the signal I am seeing.
Also I am thinking that paralleling more ceramic caps would strengthen the oscillation that is happening because of the leakage. It might be that we could also put the same setup on the right of the circuit as well to simulate the leakage from the other plate as well. I am not sure about that yet. It just might pull more real current from the battery and I think all we want the right ceramic cap is to use as a rebounding container.
Leds are a funny thing. Actually the highest current they will pass is on startup or conduction. After this happens they will stay open just from the flow of voltage across the junction. Thats why we will see the current ping high then drop off with the added caps filling up to operating level. Like I said earlier I think this signal is auto tuned to the battery or source and to the load as well. The whole circuit becomes balanced and will charge the battery from the mere presents of the low level flow and amplitude that this method provides.
We conduct or allows a small amount of flow and that flow has inertia. This sets the battery in a slow leak mode draining a small potential and then sloshing it around on the ceramic caps. This feeds back via the negative plate and across the positive plate causing a vacuum to form and flow increases exponentially. Once the flow is started the caps piggyback a signal into the battery at it's resonance frequency that is formed by the caps and battery.
Right now I am trying to figurew out the relationship with the resistors that are now operating as a flow valve for the leakage we are providing. I need to get some more parts from the store before I can go further. A grab bag of ceramic caps and some good ranged variable resistors (pots) plus some resistors..
If I'm gonna do this I might as well start with known good parts.
Like I said I'll look at your circuit in a day or so and let you know if the signal is present with your circuit.
By the way the new setup or design is working flawlessly... I haven't gotten a loss in voltage but I have not gained any either. It was mentioned that old parts and sloppy connections could be the case for the bad results on the charging effect as of yet. Of course I'm not running the led hard either it is only dimly lit because of the high resistor I had to use at 322k ohms. I'm gonna go with the set resistor and the variable add on to have a base limit on the leakage. This could also make it easier to use on multiple voltages or raise the range of higher voltages. I'll have to see when I get to that point.
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