Advise on adding together multiple power sources ......

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ramblin Newbie Joined: 26/03/2024 Location: United States Posts: 39	Posted: 10:27pm 17 Aug 2024         phil99 said   Many decades ago had a similar issue with a small experimental wind turbine. I reconnected the rectifier outputs in series, each with it's own capacitor across its output. Now the current was a little less but the voltage was the sum of the individual voltages. Now too high for the battery so used a buck converter to reduce it and increase the current. The end result was significantly more power. OK, here is a test I just did based on phil99s reply: I have 6 low power coils that are all the same. Each one produce about 53-54VAC @ about an 1 amp. Connected a FWBR to each and then connected all in Series and installed in the machine. Now I can add/remove each "core" while running and effectively stop output. Now all 6 coils are connected in series so there is some resistance. But a single core placed in ANY coil will output approx. 33-34vdc. When a core is added to each coil it will add up accordingly to approx. 210-215vdc, slightly more than you might expect. NOW, add a 500watt heat lamp as a load. With 1 output and a DC amp meter will show 1.2 amps. Add in all 6 outputs will show only 1.6-1.7 amps. The bulb will only glow slightly more orange with all 6 outputs. This test was done without any DC caps added but from experience, this would greatly increase the voltage. I would expect the 500watt halogen would light brightly (even DC) or maybe even blow. This is what I am seeing.