the below screenshot is the input current in green when charging a 470uF cap from 0 to 200V
Time base is 4s/div, we start the circuit at 4s and it reached 200V about 29s later where i disconnected the cap.
I had to modify the base potmeter as in the earlier setting it would not oscillate with the 470uF cap attached.
will do some more tests tonight.
Itsu
Hi Itsu ,
forgive me for the late reply, but since yesterday I went back to my job after several days of quarantine , and I only get home from 19:00, which makes it harder to follow your work on the circuit like i wish ☺ .
I already had the opportunity to see a summary of your tests, and frankly, the efficiency of the circuit is apparently disappointing, however, I would like to ask your opinion regarding the following:
Since the circuit apparently has a high impedance output, and with a relatively high voltage, when the small lamp is used as a load (shorted output) , given its low resistance, will be the most correct approach to correctly measure at the output?
I say that because when bulb is short is equivalent to have a low impedance load, and the bulb becomes connected in parallel offering a very low resistance in the output .
From what I could understand the output from the rectifier, it shows a high ripple voltage, and this ripple voltage is certainly non-sinusoidal AC with harmonic voltages
(In your last video is visible the frequencies merged in many frequencies values) , so the measurement of small values of the ripple will be inaccurate i think.
I don't know if you are following my reasoning, but this observation seems pertinent to me.
I would also like to mention the following test that I had the opportunity to do that can somehow validate my point.
I used an industrial reference relay
RM505730 (SCHRACK) ,which has a coil resistance of 7500 Ohm, and needs 2690 mW with minimal 184V to work;
To my amazement, the circuit powered with 21v and 20 milliamps, which is a mere 420mW, manages to operate in the output the relay without any type of limitation in their operation, which makes me think about the points I mentioned earlier regarding the circuit impedance.
I would like to hear your opinion on this topic.
Thanks in advance for your work;)