Can someone point me to where I could find out how to wire up a transistor to my pulse motor so my reed switch won't burn out....
thanks a million
You can see the principle here: http://www.simplemotor.com/tmotor.htm
to reduce base current it is advised to connect a 4.7 kOhm to 10 kOhm resistor in series with the reed switch.
coil here is in the emitter, you may place it in the collector too.
be sure to use a transistor with correct current/voltage ratings for your task, thinking of back EMF voltage pulse too.
Gyula