Where's Van De Graff On This Board?

[onthecuttingedge2005]

Just a thought?  Can semiconductors like carbon be used in capacitors?  They're usually made of alternating layers of a matal and a nonconductor.

--Lee

Hi Big M.

Yes, they are called Ultra-Capacitors, they use Carbons high Surface area to store electrical charge to much higher densities.

just do a google on Ultra Capacitors, you shouldn't have a problem find out lots of info.

Jerry

[the_big_m_in_ok]

onthecuttingedge2005 said:

Here I am stuck with old monitor Fly backs.

They're okay.  If you wire more than one in series, the voltage capacity goes up without cooking the turns in the secondary of just one transformer.

I live in the mountains and the closest radio shack is 50 miles away.

Right. I see.  But, you, amongst many people(e.g., city dwellers, especially) should know if 50 Hz line mains frequency AC contributes to power that impacts a long wire strung between two poles?  A few Overunity Members have had trouble generating much voltage away from power way out somewhere in their home county.

--Lee

[the_big_m_in_ok]

Clara Listensprechen said:

Where can I find on this board any discussion of Van De Graff?  Danged if I don't zap myself with kilovolts everytime my shoes shuffle across the rug. Anybody else besides me think that the Van De Graff and the 2N3055 oughta get married? Discuss.

@Clara...
Okay, as a patent, this comes fairly close, I think, especially in voltage levels:

#7,235,945
Energy Conversion Systems

http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=92OAAAAAEBAJ&dq=patent:7235945&as_drrb_ap=q&as_minm_ap=0&as_miny_ap=&as_maxm_ap=0&as_maxy_ap=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=

And with this particular design, I think the 2N3055 would be unnecessary.  Mere diodes should do the trick.  Fig. 14 of the patent has an embodiment I like.

--Lee