Hi everyone,
I wasnt exactly sure where to post this so if I've put it in the wrong place I want to apolagise beforehand.
Ive been playing with nicad batteries with the ssg for a while now and have been experiencing some
impressive results but over a year ago I built a motor with a large 18 transistor circuit and 3 coils. It wasnt quite built to spec as I was using a 5" rotor with 4 ceramic magnets.
At one point I had 4-18volt batteries connected to the output of the motor and would charge the 4
nicads in under 1 hour. Near the end of the charge I noticed that some of the neons were starting to come on, probably because I was approaching 90volts on the output. The components remained cold so I wasnt too concerned. Also the batteries were cold too.
I decided to turn the big light off in the room to get a picture of the neons lit up. Suddenly all the neons went out. When I switched the light back on again they all came back on again. This was not a few seconds later but soon as the light went out as quick as I could flip the switch back again, the same thing happened everytime.
Id read somewhere that the high voltage spike can take energy from artificial sources as well as
from natural but wasnt 100% sure as I dont own a scope.
I woundered if anyone else had come across anything like this before?
Oliver
I wasnt exactly sure where to post this so if I've put it in the wrong place I want to apolagise beforehand.
Ive been playing with nicad batteries with the ssg for a while now and have been experiencing some
impressive results but over a year ago I built a motor with a large 18 transistor circuit and 3 coils. It wasnt quite built to spec as I was using a 5" rotor with 4 ceramic magnets.
At one point I had 4-18volt batteries connected to the output of the motor and would charge the 4
nicads in under 1 hour. Near the end of the charge I noticed that some of the neons were starting to come on, probably because I was approaching 90volts on the output. The components remained cold so I wasnt too concerned. Also the batteries were cold too.
I decided to turn the big light off in the room to get a picture of the neons lit up. Suddenly all the neons went out. When I switched the light back on again they all came back on again. This was not a few seconds later but soon as the light went out as quick as I could flip the switch back again, the same thing happened everytime.
Id read somewhere that the high voltage spike can take energy from artificial sources as well as
from natural but wasnt 100% sure as I dont own a scope.
I woundered if anyone else had come across anything like this before?
Oliver
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