New comer needs any and all help

[jhsmith87]

What I was sayin about the pic is  it bc has extra connections shown for hooking up extra wires that go to the charge battery. Which may seem simple to over  look for a more advanced  person such as u but the extra connections for the charge battery throw me off.
I understand what u mean by if I don't want the charge battery don't hook it up but if I used that diagram then I would have extra wires that don't go to any thing right?
Assigns your  right that diagram does explain it self rather well. Only thing that threw me off was the extra connections for the charge battery.
I could just take All the wires coming off the charge battery and omit them right?
I think I get it now man thanks for your help man, considering your the only one who has bothered to help at all.

Now I think I have a grip on the circuit now just to figure out how to make a good simple  rotor.

[WilbyInebriated]

What I was sayin about the pic is  it bc has extra connections shown for hooking up extra wires that go to the charge battery. Which may seem simple to over  look for a more advanced  person such as u but the extra connections for the charge battery throw me off.
I understand what u mean by if I don't want the charge battery don't hook it up but if I used that diagram then I would have extra wires that don't go to any thing right?
Assigns your  right that diagram does explain it self rather well. Only thing that threw me off was the extra connections for the charge battery.
I could just take All the wires coming off the charge battery and omit them right?
I think I get it now man thanks for your help man, considering your the only one who has bothered to help at all.

correct. just omit them.

Now I think I have a grip on the circuit now just to figure out how to make a good simple  rotor.

hard drive guts make good rotors if your magnets are lightweight.  inline skate wheels work good too.

i edited the picture to remove the things you won't need if you aren't charging batteries...

[jhsmith87]

great pic thanks alot. i do have a hard drive, only thing is the disk its self sits down inside the metal housing. i dont know how i could get the magnets mounted on the hard drive considering it sits down in there. i could take the hard drive disc out but the bearing is inside the housing. so would i use the disc and find something else to set it on to spin? if so what?

[jhsmith87]

i do have an old ceiling fan housing. with a good bearing in it, and a shaft that fits just right inside the bearing, the only problem with that is the housing that the bearing is on is metal, and that would affect it wouldnt it?
or does it matter could i use a metal object for the rotor?

o yea and i have been reading in other places and some say you cant use neo magnets. is that true?
if so why not? and if not could i just use some really weak N35 neo magnets?

and about the variable resistor or potentiometer right? the only one i can find online at ratshack is 5k ohm. but even that one says its wattage ratting is only .5w so if i had it running on a 12v battery wouldnt that fry it?

[WilbyInebriated]

great pic thanks alot. i do have a hard drive, only thing is the disk its self sits down inside the metal housing. i dont know how i could get the magnets mounted on the hard drive considering it sits down in there. i could take the hard drive disc out but the bearing is inside the housing. so would i use the disc and find something else to set it on to spin? if so what?

epoxy. use two platters spaced apart enough for the magnets. most of the bearings are pressed in... press them out. or find one that is screwed in.

i do have an old ceiling fan housing. with a good bearing in it, and a shaft that fits just right inside the bearing, the only problem with that is the housing that the bearing is on is metal, and that would affect it wouldnt it?
or does it matter could i use a metal object for the rotor?

you'll have to experiment... what you don't want is a rotor that is magnetic. think about it...

o yea and i have been reading in other places and some say you cant use neo magnets. is that true?
if so why not? and if not could i just use some really weak N35 neo magnets?

and about the variable resistor or potentiometer right? the only one i can find online at ratshack is 5k ohm. but even that one says its wattage ratting is only .5w so if i had it running on a 12v battery wouldnt that fry it?

you can use neos but they are much stronger so you will have to increase the magnet to coil distance. yeah i wouldn't use a half watt pot, it will probably fry or burn a dead spot.