12V 60A car battery , maybe dead?

[Groundloop]

CompuTutor,

I did not take a photo of my first prototype. This is the second
unit I did build. In this unit there is a ferrite rod with coils. So less
turns and more compact coil/core. I posted the first circuit drawing
because it is less fuzz to make a air core coil and most people
does not have any Ferrite. Soooo........................heheh

GL.

[Virus101]

Groundloop

Been scratching the web for a decent battery charger, thanks for a simple yet effective design,

Do you get the same radiant type spikes as with the Bedini systems ?

Would you bewillig to part with the specs (core diameter, wire gauge and turns, etc) on the ferrite core on your second charger in the photo, would just make for a much neater/smaller setup. I have some lengths of ferrite core laying around that I can utilize.

Virus

[Groundloop]

Groundloop

Been scratching the web for a decent battery charger, thanks for a simple yet effective design,

Do you get the same radiant type spikes as with the Bedini systems ?

Would you bewillig to part with the specs (core diameter, wire gauge and turns, etc) on the ferrite core on your second charger in the photo, would just make for a much neater/smaller setup. I have some lengths of ferrite core laying around that I can utilize.

Virus

@Virus,

It been a long time since I made this circuit but if my memory servers me well then
the L1 and L2 coils was approx. 100 turns of 0,5mm enameled copper wire. I did
drill holes in the metal top cover of the box to fit two MJE15003 TO-3 NPN transistors.
I did open up the box today and made the attached circuit drawing based on the
the way it was soldered together. I did measure the Ferrite rod and found it to be
10mm in diameter and 25mm long. The finished coil was approx. as wide as
it was thick. Everything was soldered together in a "rat nest" fashion inside the box.
I run my circuit from a mains power supply that gives 9 Volt at maximum 1 amp
to the circuit. The output diode is a 1000 Volt 10 amp diode. It is like a 1N4007
on steroids. :-) The circuit do make a lot of high voltage spikes at the output and
I have found the circuit to do a good job of de-sulfate batteries. I did build this circuit
to charge my 12 Volt 7 amp gel batteries. There is not much output when you try to
charge larger batteries, it will take too much time. But for smaller batteries the circuit
works very well. Hope this answer your questions.

GL.

[Virus101]

Thanks for the effort that you put into getting the info from your system, very much appreciated, I think a lot of other people will also benefit from it,

What would be the biggest battery (you think) that can be charged effectively with this circuit, from my little research it seems the bigger the coil the bigger battery/bank you can charge?

I want to build up a battery bank system (systematically) that will eventually supply enough to run the whole house, and is currently looking at different charging option, Bedini, solid-state, magnetic/rotory systems etc, any idees from your side, what would be the most effective?

Thanks

Virus

[Groundloop]

@Virus,

The largest battery you can charge in a resonable time frame,
for the circuit posted, is a 12 V 14 A/h battery.

I can't give you an advice for a battery charger at that size. But I recommend
you look at the net. There is many good inverters that has a built in battery
charger. These inverters will give you a true sinus mains power.

GL.