Stubblefield coils (bifilar) and speculations

[resonanceman]

@ Gary:

Thanks for the explanation on the caps.  I was not sure.  That is a cool link too, I bookmarked it for future reference.  I was just amazed at the second type of super cap I found with 3,000 F, I thought that 5.5 F or 10 F was big, but 3,000?  I can't wait to play with some of these.  Thanks.

Bill

Bill   

I hope  to  build a simplified version of a Tesla switch  sometime in the not to  distant future .

I  still have a lot to learn before I am ready to  try something  that complex .


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Be careful  with those  big caps ...... seems to me  one of those things could kill  you a dozen  times over .......  even having  9 lives wouldn't help much       


gary

[kevolts]

Hi all I was doing some research on hooking up super caps in series, from what I read if you hook up more than 3 super caps in series you will need to balance the voltages. I also did some research into this the best I could come up with is one site. http://www.icd-asia.net/super_cap.html


@ Jim I read on the other discussion that your LED lit up bright, so bright it hurt your eyes, I think the same thing happened to Bill if I am correct with his super cap when he showed it to his friend. Could it be that the rods are giving off more power than our instruments are indicating?

@Bill those super caps are amazing, I wonder how much is for the 3000 Farads one.


Kevin

[Pirate88179]

@ Gary:

Thanks for the warning on the larger caps.  I already learned (or almost) this when I was a kid and took a tv apart. ZAP!  Learning how it could still shock me when it was unplugged was my first introduction to things electrical and electronic.  I don't recommend this way of learning however.

@kevin:

If you go to Maxwell Technologies website (I don't have the link handy) there is a link to their retailers in the US. (I think there were only 2)  I didn't get to check the prices but I imagine they are pretty high, but the prices on the new super caps are falling every day.  Yes, I read the same thing somewhere on the more than 3 caps in series situation.  I too think there is somehow more power going into my cap than I am measuring...possibly it is the added ac component doing this? I really don't know but for a while have suspected the same thing.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

For anyone that has not seen them on the other Earth battery topic, I am posting some links to videos on Metacafe.  (The newer folks might have missed them)  Not that they are that great...I am working on another video now that will, hopefully, be better.

Earth Battery Experiments III:http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1235734/earth_battery_experiments_iii/

Earth Battery Experiments :http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1235712/earth_battery_experiments/

[Pirate88179]

@ All:


Here is a repeat of my supercap LED circuit.  In case someone has not seen it.  It is very simple.  So simple, even I could do it.  the cap is .22F and 5.5v.

Bill