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I'm sitting on about three reports with my Bedini SG data that need to be written.
Quickly:
I supercharged all my 6Vs again, after the last rotation experiment that ended around the 28th of Nov.
This time, I let them sit for the same amount of time that the previous test ran and measured their voltage periodically.
Their discharge rate is actually quite similar to the discharge rate seen when I ran the test rotating the batteries. In other words, the steady state discharge was analogous to the discharge under load -- implying input of outside energy.
Second, I tested about five different household battery types with mixed results.
Four D-size NiCd rechargeables nearly doubled in its work capacity on the first test. I did not run a calculated load test on some AA NiCd rechargeables I have, but they are working great.
I was able to charge two different non-rechargeable batteries, AAs and a 9V, but the charge is not much to mention when it comes to performing a usual load.
But on some batteries that read nearly zero volts, I was able to get 1.5 mW-hours of work out of them after a Bedini SG charge.
Two of my AAs began boiling out after supercharging.
I'm wondering if they need to be treated similar to certain rechargeables, namely to not discharge below 20% from full, and then they might respond better. That testing will resume once this next rotation experiment is complete.
Last night I ran the battery capacity analyzer on my 6Vs prior to running my next rotation of conditioned batteries test. They measured 91%, but one I accidentally hit twice with the test, and it went to 86%.
The weird thing is that this morning when I checked their individual voltages, all but three read 6.53 volts, and the three that were not that, were within .01 of 6.53. Furthermore, several of the batteries had a lower voltage than this before the load test, by .01 to .02 volts.
Now, I'm running the first 8 hours of the rotation experiment, and after the first rotation, I am above the initial average voltage. That is a first.
I've seen the average voltage increase many times within a given set, but when I rotate, usually the average drop between sets is greater than the average gain during a set, so that the net average trend is downward, as would be expected if a battery is being expended.
Not so this time.
Not so this time.
Looking good.
But I'm early into this, and will want to see this effect repeated after numerous rotations -- and then have the battery capacity analyzer test run to see what state the batteries are in both in the interim as well as at the end of the test.
But I'm early into this, and will want to see this effect repeated after numerous rotations -- and then have the battery capacity analyzer test run to see what state the batteries are in both in the interim as well as at the end of the test.
Running the batteries isolated with each having a diode going to them is not having the result I thought it would have. Even though technically they are isolated, in reality, they are acting like they are in a bank seeing each other. They are behaving similarly to how they behaved when I had them connected in parallel in the last rotation experiment.
More in-depth reports on each of these pending.
Just wanted to share what I've been up to.
Sterling
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