Passive Capacitor Discharge Circuit

Kenergy sent me this cool device to check out.

[leroyolson]

I designed and built a battery de sulfater device, I sold this unit on the internet, it was basically an inductor, capacitive discharge system, it would produce a 150 volt, pulse of about 5 Nano seconds duration, controlled by a Tiny13 AVR chip, I programed with 3 selectable pulse rates. This device worked very good in restoring batteries, and I sold many, and all customers were happy, and I received positive feed back on E Bay for them, I did find that it was very important in the restoration process, to limit the charge current to only about 1 amp, until restored, then cycle through a few charge, discharge cycles, gave me about 80% success. But excessive amperage during DE sulfating, caused a higher rate of shorted cells. If interested, I have my circuit, pcb bord layout, and advertising txt i used while manufacturing them. Good luck.

[LX]

I liked the video even before it loaded! I was waiting for a new video from you like a kid is waiting for Santa! You never disappoint! Thank you for sharing!

[mcorrade]

wow thank for letting us know about his store. I'll be getting few items myself :)

[Fred-yw]

K energy offers a lot of great circuit designs

[davidiom]

I think we should adjust the name of this process to 'Pop a Cap' as in 'Pop a Cap in your Ass' Well done for supporting Kenergy, but in general it's very simple, an SCR a Zener and a Cap. More people need to discover this trick for taking high voltage low current and charging batteries.

[leroyolson]

Yes I did, but the most effective process was a high pulse. I found that as the battery rejuvenated, the peak voltage would drop to 50 volt's or less, The pulse voltage is not important, its the amperage it's delivering, this is what breaks up the sulphate in the battery. I have seen them connect a battery to an 200 amp Arch Welder, and claim success, I'm skeptical of that. In my research I found documentation claiming that the high peak pulse does not harm the battery at all, due to it's short duration, but breaks up the hard sulphated deposits in the battery, and the charging cycles break in down to Sulpheric Acid again, The heat of high amperage during recharging warps the cell plates, causing shorts. Once the battery is restored it can be charged normally.

[Biokemist-ok]

Really awesome. I am definitely going to check out his store. I need to find a system that switches batteries from a run to charge and vice versa . Where could I find one of those or schematics for a two battery system? Thanks. Keep up the great work.

[hoofheartedicemelted]

Why use capacitors at all? Why are the spikes not collected and sent directly to the charge batteries, sir?