My first WFC/VIC

[alan]

I found this, just wanted to share to see if it has any value. Apparently the concept is from 1913.

Great, managed to find the original patent:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=nzdNAAAAEBAJ

[supermuble]

Ok so I was not step charging. But what does this mean?

full wave rectified signal?

That must just be pulsed DC? That is what I had, exactly what I had.

[HeairBear]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectifier

That link should help you understand the differences between AC, half-wave DC, and full-wave DC. A battery is considered a flat DC. In the Stan Meyer case, he was using half-wave DC to step charge the chokes. Chokes can be used as LC circuits in themselves due to the distributed capacitance and inductance of the coil. I don't think flat DC can step charge anything since there are no changes in voltage or current which is needed for reactance of components such as capacitors and inductors.

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/dcreschg.html

That link may give insight to how step charging can be accomplished with similar circuits. Is this the info you are looking for?

[supermuble]

A bridge rectifier just takes the AC current from both poles of a magnetic field and shoves them together at different times to create DC voltage.

kinesisfilms, I am not sure what you are talking about? I could not rectify 50% duty cycle when it is clipped DC. The on time for my coil was only a few ms (2.0 to 10 ms) assuming that I have no built in dwell control in the spark module, which I don't. I am using a battery with a transistor operated spark module. The module is triggered by AC voltage, but none of that AC voltage ever goes near the primary of the ignition coil. The primary power from the coil can either be on, or off. It cannot be rectified.   

[HeairBear]

Oh... My fucking GOD!  Read a fucking book and learn something!