Originally posted by Tom C
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The 4 Battery Bedini Switch and the Ron Cole Bipolar Switch both use an RC time constant, for their timebase.
Have a look at this info This Explains it. (Not my words)
Inexpensive resistors and capacitors do not have tolerances capable of providing an accurate clock frequency which is good enough for measuring time, transmitting or receiving serial information and other time measurement or time critical applications.http://www.piclist.com/techref/microchip/osc.htm
John_Korn, with your Ron Cole Bipolar Switch I can see the importance of a good quality capacitor and resistor for you RC time base circuit. "Find the lowest leakage capacitor you can find". With my 4 battery Bedini Switch I used two 1uF polyester capacitors connected in parallel to make 2uF.
Thankyou Tom C for the info.
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Nityesh Schnaderbeck
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