Solid state Bedini charger from John Peters

[guruji]

Hi a guy told me for a solid state Bedini just replace the 1n4001 with a 10K resistor and add a 20k resistor between base and collector.
Is this true?
Thanks

[guruji]

Hi guys I tried this and it really works. It oscillates without a rotor.

[niofox]

Hi guys I tried this and it really works. It oscillates without a rotor.

Confirmed.  I have just tried this and it works beautifully.  If I had to estimate its charging at least 5 times faster than with the rotor and without all the tweaking hassle.

Here's the differences in my setup compared to the Bedini's SSG:
1. The coil I use is 800 turns but the same #23/#26 bifilar
2. I am using 16v primary (18v actually measured) from an adapter since I didn't want to keep draining batteries while I tried to get this up and running
3. I have a 5k pot next to the 100ohm resistor, but its set to ~1 ohm atm resulting in a 550ma draw.  If I bump it up pretty high I can get the amp draw down to 150ma but it seems to charge a little slower.  I'm guessing tweaking can be done here for optimum charging vs. amp draw but after working on this for about a week straight (all day today) plus having a cold atm I need a break!

I am thinking that if I used multiple coils in the same way the ssg can be scaled up then I could charge faster?
All I need to do now is wind more coils unless someone says otherwise

[Rapadura]

What exactly "it works" means in this case?

[niofox]

Hi a guy told me for a  Bedini just replace the 1n4001 with a 10K resistor and add a 20k resistor between base and collector.
Is this true?
Thanks

I tried the above, which I took to mean, modifying a Bedini SSG circuit as stated above and remove the rotor component.
When this is done, the charging battery charges up without the need for the rotor to be present.
This "works" for me, as in, the battery charges (much better I might add) when the circuit is closed