Captret - Capacitor and Electret

[The Observer]

Ibpointless,

You said,

i try to get rid of dielectric absorption by letting the capacitor sit over night so that it can get a standing voltage in it.

Because I have observed the 'Dielectric Absorption' effect in a Cap that hasn't been charged in a year,
discharged many times,
I'm skeptical that you can ever get rid of the voltage. (which is good news)

I'm not being a nay-sayer however...
I think you are brilliant and have great work ethic when it comes to discovering USEs (Unrecognized Sources of Energy).
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         I have an idea you are welcome to play off of. (or anyone else)
                                            Shortly,

                          The Camera Circuit Captret

1. A simple disposable camera circuit can charge a 300 uf  350 V cap..
    to ~ 100 V...
    in about 1 second...
    from a 1.5 V battery !
* I believe this to be a very interesting feat in itself, but anyways.*

2. If the Captret works off the charge held inside a Cap,
    then perhaps an efficient way to charge the Captret from a 1.5 V Battery,
    would be to use the Camera Circuit (intermittently charging the Captret with a voltage regulator).
    (it does come with just about everything needed, and all hooked up... Battery... Circuit... and 1 'Large' Cap)

    - note Use Rubber Gloves... any disposable camera could be used as a weapon due to the high voltages.

3. You can get just about as many FREE Disposable Cameras as you want by going to Walgreens and the like.
    Kindly ask photo clerk if you can take some out of the recycle box. (obviously, the film is not in the cameras).
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Groundloop,

Thanks for the post and your work.
I thought I'd throw that (Dielectric Absorption) out there since it has not been mentioned yet.
I realize that there is something else at play here, but the reasons for that and Dielectric Absorption may be related.
That is, an electric field is setup which moves electrons for 'free' (my theory).

Perhaps a Camera Circuit could be used to Charge your Setup from       a Small Voltage Source (1.5 V)..
                                                                                                       to a High Voltage in a very short time.
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Best Regards,
                     The Observer

[hartiberlin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbn4vede2us

Seems the 2 caps in parallel have increased their stored energy of around 200 mikroWattsseconds, when they were at the end at 0.902 Volts together.

Could be, that the contact material of the zinced croco cables with the copper leads
or soldering of the leads produces very small diode effects
because of the dissimular metals and this rectfies
the RF from mobile phones and other background radiation  that is captured by the cables.

Would be interesting to see, if the same will hapen,
if you solder the 2 caps together in parallel and just charge them up to around  0.948 Volts
and let them stay there  for a few hours and then see, if they will
go again over 0.9 Volts ?
Many thanks.

Regards, Stefan.

[gravityblock]

The Electret Effect, http://peswiki.com/index.php/Article:The_Electret_Effect

GB

[Sprocket]

For what it's worth, I tried the electrolytic across the battery idea - a charged 9V NiMH that was left standing for a few days.  My cap was one of my 'best performers' for developing a voltage off the case with both normal leads shorted, 1000uF 16V rating.

Start Voltage 9.59V
Day 1            9.54V
Day 2            9.48V
Day 3            9.46V

It doesn't look promising...

[ibpointless2]

For what it's worth, I tried the electrolytic across the battery idea - a charged 9V NiMH that was left standing for a few days.  My cap was one of my 'best performers' for developing a voltage off the case with both normal leads shorted, 1000uF 16V rating.

Start Voltage 9.59V
Day 1            9.54V
Day 2            9.48V
Day 3            9.46V

It doesn't look promising...

once a capacitor is full it becomes a open circuit and no power should be consumed.

Set the captret idea aside and take a capacitor that is less than 100uF and is above 35 volts and hook it up to a 9 volt battery; positive of the capacitor goes to the positive of the capacitor and the negative of the battery goes to the negative of the capacitor. Now leave it in a place where it can be touched or moved around, make a good place for it to sit for a month or so. Be sure to record the standing voltage on the battery before connecting it.

The voltage on the battery should go down when you connect the capacitor, but should slowly climb back up to the standing voltage. Just leave it for a few weeks to a month and record the voltage daily if you can.

If the voltage goes down over time then something is wrong, it should stay the same or go up due to the fact that the capacitor is full and is now a open circuit.