Yes!
A few of my observations to a.king's numbered bullets above. May save someone a detour to nowhere.
1. Yes! A generator of a different kind. A sorta low voltage spark gap with capacitance (coil).
2. All primaries I have used are "spike pulse" charged/conditioned/seasoned from the start. The increase seams to come from the changing 3rd battery.
3. Absolutely.
4. & 5. My experience has shown spike charged batteries will, typically increase in voltage after the charger has been disconnected for a while. Indicative of a charged field (pressured environment) around the battery. The new 3rd batteries that I have had success with were, very much, like you described in an earlier post, zero. A neutral dipole. Not so much a battery, but something else. a.king, you know what we have here. We appreciate your experienced input.
Battery chemistry sharing. Turion, go for it. The reason I have not shared specifics on the forum is because they all failed. Yes, I got a few HUGE outputs. But at a cost. The positive connections in the cells of all of my successful 3rd batteries were reduced to disconnected, black stubs. The strange thing is I used 2 opposite electrolytes. The first was standard acid. The second was a salt electrolyte with magnesium traces. Both showed the same damage to the positive side of the cells. What I'm not sure of is what damage was already done as the batteries were already old, sulfated, dead batteries. I guess the main difference with my 3rd batteries was that they worked until they were toast! I ended up with lead scrap instead of a repaired battery. The voltage would start to climb, then fail. I have done all of my tests with 7Ah batteries as I get them for free. Maybe I just over powered them.
My nickels worth of 3rd battery experience.
Grounding is important. But not on the negative, on the spark gap. Oh wait! We don't have a spark gap..... Yes we do.
Have Fun,
Randy
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1. Yes! A generator of a different kind. A sorta low voltage spark gap with capacitance (coil).
2. All primaries I have used are "spike pulse" charged/conditioned/seasoned from the start. The increase seams to come from the changing 3rd battery.
3. Absolutely.
4. & 5. My experience has shown spike charged batteries will, typically increase in voltage after the charger has been disconnected for a while. Indicative of a charged field (pressured environment) around the battery. The new 3rd batteries that I have had success with were, very much, like you described in an earlier post, zero. A neutral dipole. Not so much a battery, but something else. a.king, you know what we have here. We appreciate your experienced input.
Battery chemistry sharing. Turion, go for it. The reason I have not shared specifics on the forum is because they all failed. Yes, I got a few HUGE outputs. But at a cost. The positive connections in the cells of all of my successful 3rd batteries were reduced to disconnected, black stubs. The strange thing is I used 2 opposite electrolytes. The first was standard acid. The second was a salt electrolyte with magnesium traces. Both showed the same damage to the positive side of the cells. What I'm not sure of is what damage was already done as the batteries were already old, sulfated, dead batteries. I guess the main difference with my 3rd batteries was that they worked until they were toast! I ended up with lead scrap instead of a repaired battery. The voltage would start to climb, then fail. I have done all of my tests with 7Ah batteries as I get them for free. Maybe I just over powered them.
My nickels worth of 3rd battery experience.
Grounding is important. But not on the negative, on the spark gap. Oh wait! We don't have a spark gap..... Yes we do.
Have Fun,
Randy
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