Jack,
When using the output from the energizer you can not use an inductor
in line with the batteries, diodes OK. The diodes just isolates the
batteries, the branch currents are the sum of the total, the more the
branches the better the power transfer. This also means that the
output can not be hooked to a transformer of any kind, you will blow
the circuits up with the 2N3055 transistor. I'm trying to make this
very simple as Sterling suggests in his post. Just make the circuit
the way it is drawn, start out slow before changing anything. The
energizer needs the impedance of the battery too work right.
John