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Hi,
Here is a working DC resonant charging circuit.
The voltage across the Waterfuelcell is al least twice of the input voltage.
In my case almost 30Vpp against a 10v input.
You might pull the conclusion that the waterfuelcell acts like a small battery or capacitor.
Tune the circuit till you reach the highest voltage across the waterfuelcell.
USE ONLY TABWATER OR DESTILLED. NO CHEMICALS ALLOWED IN HERE.
Type of diode: Not important. Only heavy enough for the amps you use
Type of coil: in my case 25 winding of 1mm wire on a metal lamel core. 1mH
Just play with some cores you have.
Type of FET: Not important. Any N type will do. The lower the internal resistance the better. Your choice depends on voltage and amps.
Frequency: try to stay above 1khz with tuning. My test was done around 10khz.
Steve
http://www.tpub.com/content/armymunitions/mm50058/mm500580088.htm
http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/dcreschg.html#resonant
http://teslahv.com/DC%20Resonant.htm
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how would you integrate the step-up transformer into this circuit?
the only way i can think of is using a hv-mosfet. not the best idea
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how would you integrate the step-up transformer into this circuit?
the only way i can think of is using a hv-mosfet. not the best idea
Tesla used for this a rotary switch.
Like the distributor from a cars ignition system.
Stan solved that somehow with pulsing the stepup trafo..
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That is the conclusion I recently reached regarding Stan's circuit. His inspiration was Tesla's method of conversion of high potential and frequency and Stan modified it slightly so the path was unidirectional. Before the rotary switch there was the spark gap and then Tesla would quench the spark magnetically or by air or otherwise. Stan uses the 555 and divide by 8 or 10 counters to simulate the rotary switch in solid state. IF there's communication between the wfc and the vic then it's the pickup coil that's the "antenna" for feedback to the front end. I don't see much difference between what Stan was doing and what Tesla was studying and publishing and patenting. The difference is where Stan publishes the location of some components like the scr. The front end should get a nice sine wave and the back end should switch on and off very fast. If I want 50% duty cycle I would use ac like a center tap transformer, a half wave bridge and 2 or a multiple of 2 tubes or tube arrays. For 3 phase a multiple of 3 tubes. It's as simple or as complicated as one wants to make it.
Andy
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But back to the circuit,
why does it work fine in this configuration (switch/mosfet parallel with cap) - i can get 70V at the capacitor from 30V at 0,1A - but why doesn't it work in the stanley meyer / richie burnett / tesla coil version at all? (same voltage but only 2V at the cap).
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btw you can get voltage to your water cell which is not insulated with this method!! Strangely enough i had to change the direction of the bifilar connections yet again.
unfortunately the amp draw in general is too big so i cannot test further yet. i'm also thinking of rectifying my 230V grid current which would give me about 350V DC i believe. I have a switching Mosfet for 600V so it would work. But the current is way too big at the moment.
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add a series resistor some where? might need a big one though
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but it will eat up the voltage, even a 20Ohm. I don't know why the coil uses so much current even when pulsed at 50kHz. I think i have a short in the circuit somewhere or something like that.
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add a series resistor some where? might need a big one though
a coil perhaps as resistor?
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Why is it that current goes up dramatically if i put a flyback diode anti-parallel to the coil in this circuit?
Same is when i put a diode parallel to the transformer, the current isn't frequency dependant anymore, without diode: 30V / 0,3A. with diode: 3V / 1A (1A limit from power supply). i don't get it.
anyway, problem solved. without the diode current draw is small.
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here a new Stan based setup.
The voltage across the cap charges higher then applied voltage.
The resistor is for leaking charge, but cannot simulate a WFC perfectly...
Cap and coil and frequency match.
The result is that amps and volts are 180 degree out of phase.
Hmmm, who said that his system was working with 180 degrees phase difference between volts and amps?
yes STAN MEYER...
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Why does it work in a simulation but not in reality :-\
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Why does it work in a simulation but not in reality :-\
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I hope to give it a shot this week...
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Brian,
You added an Antenna towards your schematic.
Can you explain why you did this?
Steve
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233A in? :-\
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233A in? :-\
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