Tesla's Switch (Self/Radiant Charging Switching Batteries)

[Jon]

Just a quick update. It doesn't work as I expected. Its the same problem I have been wrestling with for years. The issue is that the mosfet drivers don't completely shut off, there is 1+- volt for a few milliseconds. This causes both switch stages to be open at the same time which is a short. It lights a bulb but the mosfets get blistering hot after a few seconds...

Switching high side is turning out to be very hard... I suspect I have something set up incorrectly. I can fix it but i have to rip it apart and think about it...
Jon

[RichieTDI]

I am starting to think that mechanical switching is the way to go, but I am still going to give it a shot the way I am going with the transistors. I hope I can make the time this weekend to finish wiring it up.

[Jon]

Yeah, Reed relays would be very interesting to test.

I found some issues with my mosfet driver setup. I am fixing them now and may just use pull down resistors to see if i can pinch off the signal when it is low...

[Paul-R]

I am starting to think that mechanical switching is the way to go..

Patrick Kelly suggested that at the UKFree Energy Conference 2008. He reckoned that sparks and arcs would be
involved, and they are frequently to be found in free energy designs. They could be fundamental to getting at
the energy in space itself. (Nobel Physics prize 1957 , Hal Puthoff etc).

[RichieTDI]

Well here is my board. I have been working off Patrick Kellys design, but I am really thinking of changing up and going with some heavy duty 3PDT Relays. Patrick says that you only need to get a frequency of 100 to get the system to work. 800 max.
Just a little background on me, I am just a tinkerer. I have invented a power supply for the tattooing industry and it is in production. I am a Tattoo Artist and my wife and I own a very nice studio in Colorado with 8 employees. I have always liked to tinker with electronics sense I was a kid. I don't know allot but I do know some basics and I hope that will get me by until I learn more.
And that is why I am here.