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High Efficiency Lamp Driver Capacitive Version - JoeLag - 03-28-2023
Here I show you the concept:
https://youtu.be/pr4t4JKPkYM
I wanted to share my process for creating an energy-efficient lamp driver. While we can't make energy out of nothing, we can find ways to use very little input source and save money and effort.
Firstly, I use a current reactance limiter on the mains 60 hertz power line or any other source of 60 hertz 110 volts power, such as a generator or windmill. The current limiter uses Ohm's Law to limit the current to around 40 mA with 60 hertz and 1uf.
Then, I use the mostly pure voltage to quickly charge a 10uf or more capacitor with very little current input. The capacitor has an SCR diode that is triggered to dump this cap into an additional super capacitor bank a few times a second, resulting in a pure 100-volt capacitive joule or amps per second discharge. This pumping also has an electret-like effect while being pulsed.
An additional advantage of using a super capacitor bank is the elimination of the high impedance battery charging stage that needs more current. The 12-volt super capacitor bank takes the form of converted negative energy from the reactance box and capacitor high voltage pulses back into a form of regular low voltage higher current DC positive energy that is able to drive a very small and efficient high frequency AC inverter.
This inverter can drive a 15-watt lamp without any problems because of its high frequency. The 15-watt lamp operates at full spec lumens, usually requiring an input of 15 watts. However, we are driving it with only an input that we need to pay for of 40mA. The rest of the needed input is being provided by the local vacuum and clever circuitry. It is not a trick or a cheat for free energy bypass of the electric "smart" meter. The whole circuit except, respectfully, the super capacitor stage operates as an open-looped system, so it can re-gauge itself.
Not only does the lamp operate at full capacity in this fashion, but the voltage keeps rising on the super capacitor bank as it keeps getting many discharges of 100 volts a second from that 10+ uf capacitor dump simultaneously. The charge holds and even goes up instead of down as the super caps do a super job at converting this kind of power back into something useful!
I must point out that this lamp would not operate directly connected to the reactance X output of only 40mA. It requires 15 watts of input current at 60 hertz. We are not providing anything close to this level with this intentional current limiter stage. But at the end, we are able to light the lamp brightly and sustain the system with very little input drive from the operator, work-wise or money-wise. There is no free lunch, just efficiency.
I hope this information is helpful to you all. Please feel free to share your thoughts and opinions on this topic.
RE: High Efficiency Lamp Driver Capacitive Version - tihomir - 04-30-2023
Thanks again, Joel.
From the information here I realize that the circuit is plugged into the mains, but draws that very little current (40mA). In the video you say that it's not plugged to anything which was confusing to me, seeing there was no looping back.
The "inverter" part: is this just pulsed DC, because this looks like the "joule thief" sending impulses to the lamp which looks like "taking 15 watts", but actually it "works like a normal 15 watt", just like the "joule thief" will make an LED bright with 1.5 V battery, but in an efficient way. Right? (that's the first question)
The key here is the sudden discharge of the capacitor. If I compare the capacitors to buckets of water that are slowly poured from one to another, it doesn't make sense why you'd need an intermediate capacitor and it won't make sense what's the difference if you get 1 bucket from the mains, pour it into another bucket that pours it into a bank of buckets. Why wouldn't you just pour the first bucket into the bank of buckets or why don't you plug the inverter directly to the first bucket (capacitor). There's something with the discharge that gains power just like everything around us that has more speed.
The kinetic energy formula is 1/2m(v^2), which I'm not sure how correct it is, but indeed for a body in motion the speed changes the resulting power exponentially. The same formula applies for electricity where a sudden flow of current (speed) increases the power exponentially using the "negative energy", as you said, or "vacuum".
It's the same in the physical world. You can split a log with 1 hit from the axe which is equal to a few tons, while at the same time you can't split it just by pushing the axe onto the log, because you don't have the pressure of a few tons (which makes the log splitter machines very very inefficient). People work with speed + a little pressure.
This is why I think the reason for the power gain here is the sudden discharge of the capacitor that is like the spring which when released does not simply return to its original sizes, but there is some recoil. The same with a pendulum which doesn't go directly to the initial position when pulled a few inches and released, but it swings back and forth.
Second question: I've tested the electret effect and it's fascinating indeed that I discharge an electrolytic capacitor of X capacity into another of nX capacity (bigger) and the first one regains some of its voltage. For example I charged a 2.2 uF with 12 V and disconnected it from the source. Then I connected it for a fraction of a second to a 10,000 uF capacitor. Then I measured the voltage of the source 2.2 uF capacitor and it was 0.4 V. When I discharged it a few times in the bigger capacitor the voltage was still about 0.2 V.
The electret effect is probably the reason why I need to discharge electrolyltic capacitors (by shorting them out) a few times to make sure they are empty.
Indeed, the electrolytic capacitors are created with an energy input which makes the electret effect available. The only difference is probably the low voltage they are introduced at in their initial set up. If they were initialized with high voltage that would probably make them to stay pre-charged.
RE: High Efficiency Lamp Driver Capacitive Version - jagau - 08-23-2023
Hello everyone i am new here
I also made like joel a microgenerator which has been functional for 2 years already and does not need a battery.
It works with the energy that surrounds us with two different grounds as a receiver.
You will find all the construction details here.
https://www.beyondunity.org/thread/micro-generator/?p=1
Jagau
RE: High Efficiency Lamp Driver Capacitive Version - JoeLag - 08-25-2023
(08-23-2023, 05:47 PM)jagau Wrote: Hello everyone i am new here
I also made like joel a microgenerator which has been functional for 2 years already and does not need a battery.
It works with the energy that surrounds us with two different grounds as a receiver.
You will find all the construction details here.
https://www.beyondunity.org/thread/micro-generator/?p=1
Jagau
Thanks for sharing!