100W OU Radiant Energy Circuit

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That's gotta be the right interpretation. I measured the inductance of my coil and if the meter is correct (a multimeter with an inductance measuring option), it's 2.15 mH which is about the same ballpark — 730 Hz. Smaller capacitors will give me lower current. Smaller coils will give me lower voltage spikes, but at higher frequency. Not sure which outweights the other yet. I have to measure with the same capacitor but a different coil and vice versa.

I still haven't been able to run something more significant. I tried with a capacitor bank, but it's too small to loop the power back. I'll try with a battery.

Joel had his frequency at 180 Hz, which means his coil had an inductance at around 35 mH

I received the inverter yesterday and began experimenting today with the isolated setup. The first thing I wanted to try was loop it back around to the battery while self-charging with the cap dump circuit. There is also an incandescent bulb hooked up and I'm charging a phone at 45W.

Here is a video on that 



So far the VI curve has still dropped and it's at 12.16V now.

The results are not what I was looking for, but I'm not disappointed at the same time. This is day one of experimenting. My battery is partially conditioned, so it will take a while for anything special to happen.

Joel mentioned his battery was conditioned for 2 weeks on a Bedini motor. My battery has been charged for a little over a week with high voltage pulses, but I'm starting to think I was overcharging and not conditioning. The draw had stayed at around 70W to charge the battery with the pulses, so I think a lot of current came in and destroyed the conditioning process regardless.

I have a PWM coming tomorrow with the same duty cycle adjustment Joel has, so we'll see how that goes.

Either way, my dilemma is properly conditioning the battery.