Well, my camera died so no videos for a bit.
Ren,
While charging a capacitor, with the diode in place it charges to 90+ volts and without it charges to 150+volts. However it doesn't seem to change the battery charging capacity of the circuit. I assume this has to do with the battery chemistry.
Jason

mmm ok, so diode might not necessarily be a bad thing, for battery charging purposes. Do I have it the right way in my schematic? It allows current to flow from base to emmiter only. Mine is slightly different because I'm using hall to trigger.

@ tropes. My setup seems to capture voltage on the secondary winding which is totally isolated from any source of power. Check out this simple diagram, it is very similar to how I set mine up, except I dont need a third wind to trigger the power coil.

@ Jase. I want to try charging a battery soon off this collected output. Can you recommend a safe and effective method. Do you dump into a cap and pulse the cap into the battery like this diagram, or do you just flow it constantly? Do you use the Konehead diagram thats posted early on in this thread?

Ren,
Well I squeezed one more video out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc4Ny3Y42jw&mode=user&search=
Jason

Ren,
I find that letting it flow directly into the battery, rather then dumping it from a cap, charges the battery faster.
Jason

Ren,
Im capturing the collapsing field off the collector and emitter.
Jason