Good Morning All, My name is Richard Lines and I am the person behind the web site www.courtiestown.co.uk a fledgling manufacturer of desulfators based in the...
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linesrg48
Nov 21, 2005 5:53 am
Good Morning All, Don Plisco's testing of various battery desulfators has just about concluded and the results are 'officially' out now. My best Alastair...
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kd5byb
Nov 22, 2005 1:20 am
Good afternoon all! This is *very* good news. Way back when before my job got extremely nuts, Rick and I spent much time discussing PIC pulsers and their ...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Nov 24, 2005 11:46 am
Hi Ben. ... al ... have ... I look forward to it. ... The prototyping went so smootly that the final circuit is pretty much the same as the prototype. Now it...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Nov 24, 2005 12:35 pm
Hi All. A large part of hobby electronics is getting the parts you want, at the right prices. Over time, I have collected some great resources. The best of...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Nov 24, 2005 4:21 pm
Hi Rick and gang! ... That's always a good sign in my book. I once had a cynical senior engineer tell me that when a prototype works properly, it's simply...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Nov 24, 2005 4:59 pm
Good morning all, There isn't much to add to Rick's post in my opinion. I'll add one or two things for the discussion and put my own personal take on some of ...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Nov 24, 2005 5:27 pm
Hi Ben. ... much ... desulfating ... It certainly made me happy. ... works ... in ... pessimist. He wasn't entirly wrong though. The circuit has not really...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Nov 24, 2005 9:24 pm
Hi Rick and gang, ... Ouch! I'll stay away from the inverter idea. ... Let me ask a question - as the battery voltage drops, so does the current into the...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Nov 25, 2005 7:27 am
Hi Ben. ... Yes and no. As you know, I started using a headlamp as a temporary measure, but found something interesting. Within the 13.5->10.5V range, the...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Nov 25, 2005 11:48 pm
Hi Ed and gang, I'm going to reply back to the group with my reply as this discussion is great! ... At the same time, if you're only using 50% of the...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Nov 26, 2005 12:11 am
Hey Rick! ... Oh, that's right. I remember now. On the other hand, isn't current and temperature fairly well related? More current = more temperature. ... ...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Nov 26, 2005 12:16 am
Hey Rick! ... Wow! That's very consistent. ... That makes a lot of sense. ... Agreed - very inexpensive and repeatable. "Headlamp hours" could be a new...
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donaldplisco
Nov 26, 2005 7:31 am
Hi, I'm Donald A Plisco from Tulsa, OK. I've been testing a multitude of different designs of pulsers and keeping track of the results in various ways and...
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linesrg48
Nov 27, 2005 9:47 am
Good Morning All, It's good to see some more people coming on board. With Rick's assistance I'm progressing getting a professional PCB done based on the PIC...
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ehsjr2000
Nov 28, 2005 7:20 am
... Hi Ben, This is my 3rd attempt to reply. Maybe it will show up this time! ... discussion is ... My reply quoted below was in response to this: "1)...
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ehsjr2000
Nov 30, 2005 2:36 pm
... Grumble! I thought I had posted the link. Here it is: http://www.qsl.net/iz7ath/web/02_brew/15_lab/06_esr/ Works well! Its most recent use saved me a...
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linesrg48
Dec 4, 2005 7:39 am
Good Morning All, The PIC PCB has proved a little more challenging than anticipated. With Rick's kind assistance we have got it down to the size required to...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Dec 4, 2005 2:23 pm
Hi Ben. ... temporary ... 2.7A ... The wattage does change as the voltage drops. The brightness changes too. You drive, you must have seen this. ... amp ... ...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Dec 4, 2005 2:30 pm
Hi Donald. ... Any insight is always welcome. By "types", do you mean some "brands" of pulsers, or some circuit types/pulsing methods? ... batteries ... Do...
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fun_4_me_now20012000
fun_4_me_now...
Dec 4, 2005 2:49 pm
Hi Ben. ... I made an eagle cad layout for this one. Rick....
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Dec 4, 2005 10:01 pm
... I wasn't very clear in my comments on design margins. Certainly, things don't work well for very long when run at their limits, so you want margin on the...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Dec 4, 2005 10:07 pm
Good morning all, I keep forgetting who I tell what, so I apologize that I am so late with this announcement. As of the 26th of November, I became a father....
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ehsjr2000
Dec 5, 2005 1:07 am
... That is correct. Run the parts with a big safety margin, not near their maximum. ... How do your temp sensors modify *transition* time? I was talking the...
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ehsjr2000
Dec 5, 2005 3:37 am
... <fun_4_me_now20012000@y...> wrote: <snip> ... Likely, a shattered toroid. They are very difficult to cut cleanly. If you could do it, the inductance would...
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ehsjr2000
Dec 5, 2005 3:41 am
... with ... the ... Hall, ... Congratulations - great news! You must be on cloud nine - as well you should be. Put up the pictures and give us a link! Ed...
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ehsjr2000
Dec 5, 2005 6:37 am
... Not hostile, logical outcome of the conditional phrase. "If the PIC circuit produces "most of the heat" that develops in the mosfet," < conditional phrase...
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linesrg48
Dec 5, 2005 7:28 pm
Good Evening All, Come on guys this could become personal!!! Let's focus attention on developing desulfators here. There was also an inappropriate reference to...
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Rick
fun_4_me_now...
Dec 5, 2005 10:05 pm
Hi Richard. ... Sadly, it seems that it might have been purely personal. I will appologize for that, I personally invited Ed to check out the group. I didn't...
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Ben Hall
kd5byb
Dec 6, 2005 12:37 am
Good evening all, My company has been sending me to a management training course for the last few months. I guess they see some potential in me. ;) Anyways,...
