David Bowling's Continuous Charging Device

[Dbowling]

On a more positive note. My friend told me today that his battery in the third position won't take a charge up to full, and the motor doesn't come on when the system is first connected, but the battery doesn't drain down like it should and the motor doesn't kick on and off like mine did. However, he is lowering the voltage in that third battery by connecting an auto dome light to it, which is keeping it at right at 4 volts. He is running his motor and running various loads, and feels like he has demonstrated a system that replicates what I had originally. He will be posting here and at EF on the "Use for the Tesla Switch" thread when he has all the data to back up his claims, which may take a couple days. I am trying to replicate what he has done, but still haven't found a battery for the third position. I will be spending my day tomorrow searching for bad batteries at various places. At this point it looks very promising, and once we're sure it works, everything will be posted here.

[FatBird]

Thank you David for keeping us posted on your work & results.
It does look interesting.

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[Dbowling]

I got eight batteries today at the auto parts store. Hopefully ONE of them will work. Got my setup all wired so I am ready to use my 120 volt motor as a generator. Had some problems, but got them figured out...I think. WIll know tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD4fgEhYIAc&list=UU14Bfk5iVL6e7VDp76ScNkA&index=1&feature=plcp

[FatBird]

SUPER NICE Lab Setup that you have David, & GREAT videos.

I notice that you are spinning an AC motor.  I don't think an AC motor will output anything because there aren't any magnets in it.
A good source of motors that WILL OUTPUT Pulsed DC when rotated are Electric Scooter Motors, because they use Permanent Magnets.
Click on the link below to see some:


http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=scooter+motor+24&_sacat=0&_odkw=scooter+motor+12&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313


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[Dbowling]

I thought you could run an AC motor as a generator as long as..
1. You turned it at high enough rpm's
2. You ran a charge through it to begin with to activate the electromagnet. Maybe I'm all wet. At any rate, I'm going to see if I can pick up a car alternator with a 1/2 inch shaft or a small DC motor with a half inch shaft, some more socket, and 12 volt bulbs to of in those sockets.


Here's my video for today's setup.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBo2DyBoiqw


Over the weekend I will be adding a bank of lights and switches for the 12 volt load on the alternator/DC generator. Maybe use some lights and some different caps so I can fine tune the load.


Right now I just turned it on and let it run with the only load on the DC motor being that it is turning the grinder motor. Just want to see how long it runs.
Began running it on two fully charged batteries (and one DEAD one) at 2:15. If it slows down or stops, this is NOT the system I want, so I don't care how long it runs. It should run to the end of time or until the bearings wear out if I have it right. If I have it wrong, who cares how long it runs.