I'm not one to get prematurely excited...but can someone explain this

[Cap-Z-ro]

Could it just be that this setup forces the ambient charge in the caps into the battery? Since there's no real current in the ambient charge of a cap, there's no real power being imparted. The reason it's all cold is because there's no current. It's all voltage.

Tell me this, can you run a very tiny load, say an LED, while still charging the bat in this fashion?

This should be impossible with normal energy. However your single wire charging make me think perhaps we're not just dealing with normal energy. Ed gray split the positive at very very high voltages, inside a cage to capture it. If this is similar in any way, it's an inversion of some type.

I tell you this, neither configuration should do anything at all. Interesting.

I'm not sure just what is happening gnostik...only that something definitely is happening, and needs clarification in the event this anomaly can be applied somehow.

I had intended to add an led today, but my motor circuit is still active, although 'charging' very slowly...now reading 8.03 vdc.

I will wait until it tops off, then add the led light to see if it will make any difference.

Next stage will be a Faraday cage test.

Both charging units were my attempts to 'split the positive'...do you know if there is any info available on the subject ?

I only read that is what he said he did...no details were given...if I had an idea of his approach it may be helpful.

Regards...