Bedini Capacitive Discharge Chargers

[cdjambov]

Is there a reason you want to use a relay instead of an SCR?

Thanks Aaron.

Seems the SCR is staying opened after the cap reaches some voltage.
I have zener 16V along with a led diode to trigger the scr and the led lights all the time ... it is dim though. The cap bank is ~70mF and more have arrived to make it ~130mF.

I have tried also neon controlled SCR, transistor breakdown.

I think you mentioned earlier that you got best result with mechanical switch. So I want to try this.

I am using different methods to charge the caps, bedini style PC fan, SS SSG, joule thief (currently). I am experimenting and learning basically as I am not an electrical engineer.

Now that I am writing this I got some ideas what I might have done wrong. So I will post later.

My relay is of this type
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/09...g?v=1446834758

[Aaron]

cap dump

Here is one old version I did:



Bedini's patent cap dump without scr -



Older mechanical switch timed by pulley using isolated recovery winding:

[cdjambov]

Thanks Aaron.