Bedini SG Motor Worth Buying?

[Void]

I know it depends on different factors such as how many windings there are on coils,
and how big and heavy the wheel is, but roughly how much current does a SSG draw
when running with a 12V and also with a 24V battery? Just want to get a rough idea of
the amount of input power required to run SSG setups.

[Hoppy]

I know it depends on different factors such as how many windings there are on coils,
and how big and heavy the wheel is, but roughly how much current does a SSG draw
when running with a 12V and also with a 24V battery? Just want to get a rough idea of
the amount of input power required to run SSG setups.

Void.

There are several other variables governing current draw but in general terms the average current can be as low as a few milliamps. The SSG wheel axle can also be coupled to a generator when the device is scaled-up in size and power rating.

[citfta]

I know it depends on different factors such as how many windings there are on coils,
and how big and heavy the wheel is, but roughly how much current does a SSG draw
when running with a 12V and also with a 24V battery? Just want to get a rough idea of
the amount of input power required to run SSG setups.

It has been a few years since I last played around with the SSG.  But if I recall correctly I could usually get my current down to about 150 milliamps.  This was a 18" bicycle wheel with about  20 ceramic magnets on it.  The magnets were the rectangular ones you can get at Lowes.  I think they are 1/2" by 1" by 2 ".  The coil was the standard coil called for which is a one pound solder spool wound bifilar until full with 21 awg and 24 awg wire.  The center of my spool was filled until packed with some pieces of electric fence wire.  That seems to make a cheap and effective core.
Carroll

[Grumage]

Hi All.

Like Brad, I built a variant of the Bedini SSG. It had six Neodymium block magnets NSNSNS and they were quite large at 20/25/30 mm section. I used the Bedini/Cole " window " method to both drive and collect from the motor.

This motor after many hours of tinkering ran continuously for three months without dropping the 7 AH SLA battery below 8.7 VDC. I used a mechanical switch for both drive and collection from the 1000 turn pickup coil.

Although I considered the motor a success insofar as it ran, no useable output power could be got and, like Brad I scrapped it.

The spooky part was that this motor, running on a ground floor back room was below number 2 son's bedroom. He started complaining about poor sleep and recurring nightmares etc. We put it down to his age.... Not so, the day I finally decided to pull the plug on the project was the best nights sleep he'd had in months!!

I have no photos either as on one occasion I borrowed my daughters Kodak digital camera and it wiped the memory card clean, took out all her recent holiday snaps too. I have no explanation for these events, it could just as easily have been coincidental!!

Cheers Grum.

[Void]

Hello Hoppy, Citfta, Grumage,
Thanks for the info on the SSG's. So it seems input power draw can vary quite a bit
depending on the exact setup.