Better Use For Capacitors?

Has any one investigated the use of quality capacitors as polypropylene types with very low ESR? The 2 Energy Conserver manuals published years ago by Eagle Research say that the capacitor is NOT an electrical load and is a storage vessel for electrons . A pre charged battery is unstable and wants to be neutralized as zero. A pail of water dumps into lower level pail and filled. It's the same energy , but is limited by the gravity pull involved, as potential energy loss. Electricity is not limited by directions of flow. A capacitor placed at battery neg and to a load resistance light bulb will have work done as light evolved with push button timed switch, with the SAME energy stored in cap up to 1/2 the beginning battery voltage. If 2 capacitors are in parallel, and then switched in series, the reverse flow of double volts, will show work done as light evolved and at same brightness as tested with lumens meter. (Stored energy not wasted) Battery runs bulb for 5 seconds and connected through capacitor to battery neg. Battery removed. Capacitance runs light bulb again in same brightness the second time. The SAME electrons passing THROUGH load is saved in capacitance in series. Such a circuit could extend the range of electric vehicles. The Zubris US Patent does just that and inventor charges $100 royalty to those building their own electric cycle or car using his circuit . This could even work with a Hydrogen fuel generator for more output. Now comes the N I H factor . Not Invented Here. Firms refuse to pay royalty fees for use of a higher efficiency circuit to implement on their own current production units. Bench tests are even more accurate when using charged large computer capacitors for source power, since math formulas can give higher accuracy than using a common battery. See manuals.

Like anything else in the real world, capacitors have physical properties and limits. The main ones to pay attention to are the energy in to store a charge, the internal impedance (resistance) of the capacitor, the leakage over time, and the energy available on discharge. Add everything together to get the usable storage potential. That number will always be less than what went in.

A capacitor in a circuit is a load. If you found a source telling you otherwise, my advice would be to treat that source as unreliable. You can measure all of the variables and do your own research, or you can look up some better-quality information on how capacitors work. Plenty of books out there, as well as online resources (search for direct current, insertion loss, and capacitance to get started). Hope this helps!

Russ Rob wrote:Has any one investigated the use of quality capacitors as polypropylene types with very low ESR? The 2 Energy Conserver manuals published years ago by Eagle Research say that the capacitor is NOT an electrical load and is a storage vessel for electrons . A pre charged battery is unstable and wants to be neutralized as zero. A pail of water dumps into lower level pail and filled. It's the same energy , but is limited by the gravity pull involved, as potential energy loss. Electricity is not limited by directions of flow. A capacitor placed at battery neg and to a load resistance light bulb will have work done as light evolved with push button timed switch, with the SAME energy stored in cap up to 1/2 the beginning battery voltage. If 2 capacitors are in parallel, and then switched in series, the reverse flow of double volts, will show work done as light evolved and at same brightness as tested with lumens meter. (Stored energy not wasted) Battery runs bulb for 5 seconds and connected through capacitor to battery neg. Battery removed. Capacitance runs light bulb again in same brightness the second time. The SAME electrons passing THROUGH load is saved in capacitance in series. Such a circuit could extend the range of electric vehicles. The Zubris US Patent does just that and inventor charges $100 royalty to those building their own electric cycle or car using his circuit . This could even work with a Hydrogen fuel generator for more output. Now comes the N I H factor . Not Invented Here. Firms refuse to pay royalty fees for use of a higher efficiency circuit to implement on their own current production units. Bench tests are even more accurate when using charged large computer capacitors for source power, since math formulas can give higher accuracy than using a common battery. See manuals.

There was a lot of hype about super capacitors a few years back. The cost was always too high for me to experiment much. They made sense when lead acid storage was slow to absorb amps and required absorbtion charging. as the cost of lithium storage continues to drop the appeal of a fast charging super capacitor battery fades. I can go from zero to full on a lithium in one hour which eliminates the lead lag time. I could still see them for extreme rapid charging for power tools or even cars but the reality has so far not met the hype.
Cheers,  David