Harry will need to confirm this, but I believe the diagram in question is only for the "input" side. The "output" side, which isn't shown, consists of a pickup coil, some related circuitry, and the aforementioned capacitors.
If I'm wrong, then I'm confused (no great surprise there). On 03/21/2010 11:56 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: > Wait a minute, I see no cap attached to the output on Harry's diagram > "photo 2"discussed here (haven't followed the other discussions), only > one capacitor on the input side, in parallel with the battery until > the latter is disconnected, which BTW isn't explained on the diagram. > Is the diagram not complete? > > > 2010/3/21 Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]>: >> >> >> On 03/21/2010 09:55 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: >>> Which voltage? >> >> Volts on the caps attached to the output -- right, Harry? >> >> But the signal generator is still hooked up, and it's coupled to the >> output (at least) through the gate capacitance of the FET and the linked >> inductors of the "transformer", and the signal generator's output power >> hasn't been measured or even estimated. So, there's no reason to >> believe this rig is doing anything other than transforming and >> rectifying the output of the SG. >> >> As I've already said a boringly large number of times, this is the same >> general sort of system as Stiffler's circuit, where he had a signal >> generator capacitively coupled to the system, and it was driving a >> handful of LEDs. The main innovation here comes from Naudin, and it's >> the use of a toroidal coil as the primary with a neo magnet on the >> outside of the coil which "twists" the core's field to allow the >> toroidal coil to "couple" to the pickup coil. >> >> >> >>> >>> 2010/3/20, Harry Veeder <[email protected]>: >>>> yes. >>>> You are aware that the the voltage keeps rises even after the battery is >>>> disconnected. > >
