What do people think of the Energisers and battery chargers of John Bedini? (electric, component)

[ocpaul20]

John Bedini was a man who was a very qualified engineer. Someone who wanted to know how things worked and was willing to play around and find out more. He developed a series of electrical circuits which collected the "unwanted" back-emf spike in circuits and used it to charge batteries. The machines he developed which use magnets and coils and a few other components would charge batteries and some would also do useful work and some say have an overall system COP > 1.

[elnina]

Apparently his method has so far appeared to be the most efficient battery charging circuit.
His process also shows an additional longer battery life and run time effects not seen in the conventional method of charging batteries.
So, yes - there is a hope for electric cars.

[ocpaul20]

As far as I know, the process does not work so well with other types of battery. The ones I have seen associated with these devices are lead-acid car-type batteries. I dont know if the technology works with lithium rechargable batteries. The example which started off the whole debate was the SG machine which was a school science project which John Bedini devised for a 10 year old girl. That used a 9v normal alkali battery I believe which was reported to last longer than it 'should' have according to the teachers at the school.

From what I read, the charging method works in a different way with these batteries and after they have been 'conditioned' (charged and discharged a few times) to use this method of charging, will give a faster charging and better (longer) discharge too. So a 30Ah battery will be more like a 40Ah battery or better. That in itself is a good feature.