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[PaulLowrance]

NRGFromTheV,

Aren't you interested in measuring the capacitance of your capacitors?  IMO this might help solve all of this.  Rapid discharging such large electrolytics can slowly damage them over time. So even though the label might say 7500uF, it could be 6000uF. In one of my recent posts in this thread I gave you the simple directions how to measure the capacitance. If you need help figuring out the appropriate resistance for the resistor then let me know.

BTW, the best efficiency I've seen so far is 123%. The calculations that Stefan gave was unusable IMO because the blue cap DC voltage only changed by 0.01V !  That's insufficient resolution.

PL

[PaulLowrance]

To be clear, the capacitance of both caps should be measured immediately after using them in the experiments. So go ahead and do your spark experiment to get the before and after DC voltages, then use the following method to measure the capacitance of the blue cap then the gray cap -->

Discharge the cap. Place a battery across a resistor and capacitor for a certain time (time it), and then measure the DC voltage. So you'll have a resistor in-series with the capacitor. This is an RC circuit. Here's an RC time constant calculator -->
http://www.cvs1.uklinux.net/cgi-bin/calculators/time_const.cgi

PL

[NRGFromTheVacuum]

To be clear, the capacitance of both caps should be measured immediately after using them in the experiments. So go ahead and do your spark experiment to get the before and after DC voltages, then use the following method to measure the capacitance of the blue cap then the gray cap -->

Discharge the cap. Place a battery across a resistor and capacitor for a certain time (time it), and then measure the DC voltage. So you'll have a resistor in-series with the capacitor. This is an RC circuit. Here's an RC time constant calculator -->
http://www.cvs1.uklinux.net/cgi-bin/calculators/time_const.cgi

PL

Paul,

I measured my capacitors on a calibrated Keithley meter at my work.

The Blue cap is a bit over 7500uF actually it measures at 7,725uF

The Grey cap also measures over the written value 32.10uF vs 30uF.

Keep in mind I fill both capacitors with Dirac Sea Holes on occasion, so they preform a little different then standard capacitors charged with electrons.

[PaulLowrance]

The Blue cap is a bit over 7500uF actually it measures at 7,725uF

The Grey cap also measures over the written value 32.10uF vs 30uF.

I never heard about that in your videos. Why not tell us the whole story at once.  Anyhow, that answers half of it. Dielectric relaxation is significant in electrolytic caps, which is why I wrote to *immediately* measure the capacitance after doing your spark tests.

PL

To be clear, the capacitance of both caps should be measured immediately after using them in the experiments.

[scotty1]

Here is my clip.
I used my magnet motor to charge my source cap...no batteries used at all.
Batteries are not balanced right anyway......they have more pos than neg in them mostly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km8zBsN41Ik

I'll just act as a neutral tester and you guy's can tell me what to do.
I have loads of equipment, caps, coils ect.
That way there can be no bias in the testing.

cheers
Scotty.