Salve a tutti

Very sorry.

But, I am just wondering.

According to pg46 descriptions and my following pics (should these pics being accurate).

In that case, the most important question could be: how can you charge a cap with a
single wire?

Or, I am mistaken something?

Best

Thanks NerzhDishual -

 Very nice diagrams, thanks! Yes indeed, that's the way I connected them.
Please note that the last connection from C3 pos back to C1 pos need only be momentary. Thanks also for your comments.

hartiberlin- You can see by the connections that my circuit is neither in series or parallel or else they are both! or maybe you could say that C1 and C3 are hooked in parallel but with a cap(C2) "in-line" between them
 I do not connect any caps in series after my circuit as although that would be more volts, there would be less capacitance and so it will not run a motor any longer than the original C1 cap charged to 12 volts. So, before and after my circuit I do all testing on caps individually or else in parallel only.

 In this group of tests and examples I used all the same caps, 35volt 22,000uf caps and a single DC motor for any discharge timings.

 SET UP #1 - I charge C1 to 12 Volts, 22,000uf. If I connect C1 in parallel to empty C2 and C3 caps, I will end up with 4 volts and 66,000uf.  When I discharge this through my motor, it will take 30 seconds to empty the charge.
 SETUP #2, if I charge C1 to 12 volts at 22,000uf but then this time I run the pg46 circuit with C2 and C3 , I can get 1 cap at approx. 8 volts(C1) and two caps(C2&C3)at 4 volts each. So, then if I introduce another cap C4 and reconnect the 4 caps in parallel I will end up with 4 volts @ 88,000uf. Now, when I discharge this through the motor, this time it will take 40 seconds to empty the charge, approx. a 30% gain over the "normal" circuit with the same 12 volt input charge.
 The reason I use 4 volts to time the discharges is because "4" is a common denominator in both the original 12 volt charge and the resulting voltage from the pg46 ciruit(16v) The motor will run faster or slower depending on the voltage so I wanted to make sure I did the timings all using the same voltage.
 Another way I can say all this is that in setup#1, I can produce 3 caps of 4 volts each from a single 12 volt charge. With my circuit I can produce 4 caps at 4 volts each with the same single 12 volt charge.
 If one thinks of capacitors as batteries, one person might offer 3- 4 volt batteries from a single 12 volt charge whereas with my circuit one could offer 4 - 4volt batteries from a single 12 volt charge

Best,
 
 

Hi hartiberlin-

 Yes, when looking at the energy formulas there doesn't seem to be any gains. Where does the energy go when connecting a cap thats charged to 12 volts and connected in parallel with 2 others I wonder?
The interesting thing is that when you discharge the 12 volt cap alone through the motor, it will only run it for about 20 seconds!! not like the 50 sec you expected Hartiberlin. So whats going on then? Well of course I am not counting RPMs and nor testing with additional loads on. So its very likely the motor simply spins faster at 12 volt than at 4 volts and so discharges the stored energy in the cap quicker. This is why I even out all the caps to 4 volt charges before and after my circuit to do the tests, so that the motor will spin at the same RPMs.
 I didn't make any claims of "free energy". I just thought it was quite interesting that out of one cap charged to 12 volts, you normally would expect to only be able to get 3 caps charged to 4 volts each when connected in parallel, whereas with my circuit I can get 4 caps charged to 4 volts each from that same single cap charged to 12 volts. In this particular experiment thats an increase of 33.3 percent over the first circuit.
 I just wanted to report what I observed and thought that this perhaps could be a useful circuit for someone trying to use electricity more efficiently.

Best,
 

HELLO !

DO KEEP TRYING ON !

THE ELEMENTARY IDEA IS WELL FOUNDED !

Your suggestions are about , how in fact that caps inter-charges ,
e.g. the well-known (1/2)*(caps-value)*((caps-voltage)^2) to be the "caps-charged-energy" !

Your suggestions may seemingly , but just seemingly , appear to be "stopped" by the in-fact-caps-value-when-connected-in-parallel-serial ..... !

BUT DO CONTINUE , FOR YOUR EFFORTS WILL PROVIDE SOME REAL
FUNCTIONING POSSIBILITIES FOR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT , WHAT ENERGY IN FACT MAY HAPPEN TO BE !

You have made a "usefull conceipt" for further science investigations !

Ideas like your here written are in fact of the usefull kind making well foundings for getting the real facts working set-ups !

How about moveable C-plates/topological-structures , dielectrica to move , etc !

Your experimental layout I self emperically/theoretically by "modified networks theories/rules" did some calculations about some 15-20 Y ago !

(many such layouts/ideas do work and important: the steady going-on-and-aim-for discussions do improve Science in Theory & Practice)

Your idea/suggested conceipt appear somehow like the Classical-Mechanical-"integral of Force*way" , but and significantly marking this very point :
Electro-dynamics do not just "copy" all of "Classical Mechanics"-Force/Force-between-interacting-objects/acceleration/speed....etc;

THERE ARE SURDEN POSSIBILITIES IN ELECTRO-DYNAMICS !

Well , also to discuss/include "self-inductances" when having changing currents-to-plates/plates-charging-alterations !
May conventionel practical-electronics-120 Vac->lower-supply-voltages-layouts depict the tricky circumstances , that inductances
in some form/way have to be included when trying to directly-charge a capacitor !

Have a nice day and results-filled studies e.g. among "electrical networks/components/how to use/connect....etc" !

And saluting greetings also meant for other "topics"-writing authors i this overunity-forum !