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Originally Posted by ren
Jet from my understanding Rick had an scr/cap setup on the back end, but it was not pulsed. I could be wrong, but that is the schematic I have seen and studying his pics I can see no 555 timer or opto isolator.
My latest build employs this technique, with the scr on the positive leg (Ricks was on the negative I think) and I wonder if this qualifies as a conversion of the radiant which allows for battery swapping. The cap converts the high voltage and is an extension of the dipole, it usually hovers at a volt over the charge battery. Ill make a little video to show it today.
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Hi Ren,
I can confirm what you're saying about the cap voltage sitting about 1 volt above the battery and I may add that a second cap at least for me sits about 4-5 volts above the batttery.The thing I'm not sure about is I'm using 2 caps with the + coming off the 1n4007 to the 1st cap than to the 2nd cap than to the battery, Ok thats normal to me,What's a little abnormal to me is I'm experimenting with the - side in that I have the 1st cap with a 1n4007 so as to not let the electric flow to the cap but it can flow out to the second cap and to the battery.The 2nd cap is wired normallly.So my question is how can I get a reading on my 1st cap with the diode facing the wrong way so to speak?
.thx for the input.
-Gary