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*TheCapacitiveBatteryCharger*
By:Mitch
Belowisaninterestingarticleindicatingthatitispossibletocollectfreeelectricalenergyfromtheatmosphereis
indeedpossibleatonly$10
WhatwouldyousayifItoldyouitispossibletobuildaneffectivesimplebatterychargerthathasnomovingparts,
hasnogenerator,worksdayornight,andhasnosolarcells?WhatifItoldyouthiscouldbedonewithafew
scroungedpartsforwhich$10wouldbeanexorbitantprice?
JustabouteveryHamoperatorknowsbetterthantodisconnectanantennaandthenpickituplaterbythe
connectorandtouchaground.Enormouschargescanbuilduponaninsulatedwireandthelongerthewirethemore
chargethatwillbuild.Mostallofushavelearnedtopickupthecoaxandtaporholdtheantennaagainstthecaseof
theradiotobleedoffthischarge.Howfewofushaveeverbeensopoorastohavetothinkabouthowtheycanuse
thisfreeenergy.WileyAlmond,toldmehowtodothisafewyearsago.Whenhewasakidinthedepression,buying
batteriestolistentohishomebrew2tuberegenradiowasoutofthequestion.Sotheyusedthelongwireantenna
theyhadscroungedfromanoldtelegraphlinetochargethebatteriessotheycouldlistentotheradio.
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WhatWileydidattheripoldageof12or13washookasparkplugtotheendofthewireandthenruntheground
end(wherethethreadsare)intoa12voltcoiloffanoldAmodel,butanyoldcoilwilldo.Thebottomconnectorof
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thecoilthatusedtogotothepointsishookedtothepositivesideofthebattery.Thenegativesideofthebatteryis
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hookedtoagoodearthgroundanda1to3KVcapacitor(afewpicofarredtypelikethosefoundinthehorizontal
sectionofatelevisionchassis)ishookedfromgroundbacktothewirewherethetopofthesparkplugisconnected.
That'sit!Nothingshouldbetouchinggroundexceptthegroundpostofthebattery.Wileywasusingabout200feetof
insulatedwireanditwillcompletelychargea12voltdeepcycleevery2or3days!Athousandfeetofwirewilldoita
lotquickerbutthevoltagesapproachlethallevels.

Whatisbehindthisfeatisthataverylongwireactslikeacapacitorandbuildsachargeonthewire.Whenafew
thousandvoltsarereached,itwilldischargeby"sparking"acrossthesparkplug.Thesparkplugdeliversthecharge
tothecoilthatdownconvertsittoafewhundredvoltsandpulsesthebattery,kindof"squirting"achargeintoit.
Theweathercontrolshowmuchstaticelectricityisintheair.Windandsupercoldairseemtoreallymakeyouthink
youcanweldwiththisthing!Ihookedasmallneonbulbtoafullwavelooponwinternighwhenitwassnowingwith
ahighwindandthebulbburnedcontinuouslyallnightlong!Thehigheryougetthewireofthegroundthebetter.
Thewirehastobecompletelyinsulated.Itdoesn'tseemtomakeanydifferencewhetheryoulayitoutinastraight
lineorweaveitbackandforth.Lengthisthethinghere,notsize.Oldphonewire,oldcoaxfromthecablecompany,
anythingthatisinsulatedandlongwilldothejob.IusemyHamradioantennas,astheyareupandlongalready.
Thisthingwillweldthefillingsinyourteethtogetherifyouarenotcarefulwithit!
MaybenexttimeIwilltellyouaboutthetimeIwentbytoseeoldWiley,andaskedhiswifehiswhereabouts.She
shookherheadandrepliedthathewasinhisshop,listeningtotheradiobycandlelight.Shewasnotlyingeither!He

wassittinginhisshopwithabout30thermocoupleshehadmadewiredinseriesandformedintoacirclewiththe
centersinatightcircleonahomemadestand.Underthestand,inthecenter,wasakerosenelampwiththeflame
heatingthethermocouples.2clipleadswerehookedtoasmalltransistorradioandhewasenjoyingthelocalcountry
musicstation.HejustwinkedatmeandaskedifIhadeverenjoyedlisteningtotheradiobycandlelight.

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