New comer needs any and all help

[jhsmith87]

i have all size magnets.. and they can easily be replaced on the rotor, right now it is 3/4" x 3/16" disc.
i also have 1/2" disc, 3/8" disc, and 1 x 1/2 x 1/4" blocks.

[WilbyInebriated]

i have all size magnets.. and they can easily be replaced on the rotor, right now it is 3/4" x 3/16" disc.
i also have 1/2" disc, 3/8" disc, and 1 x 1/2 x 1/4" blocks.

i'd say 6 or 8 of the 3/4" or 1/2"

[jhsmith87]

that very well could be the problem, i have only 4 of the 3/4"

[mscoffman]

a) Forget any "reed switch" the Bedini doesn't need one: that's what the trigger winding is for.
     Also don't use a 2n2222 or equiv. small signal transistor to drive the power coil.
b) Use the 30gauge (small diameter) wire for the trigger coil, the 26gauge wire for the drive coil.
   (note: a 0gauge wire is really really thick)
c) Don't worry too much about coil polarity...you can always try one or the other in reverse.
d) 2n3055 is an NPN bipolar power transistor with relatively low resistance in both the EC and BE circuits.
e) To test 2n3055 bare transistor you can put a 3V flashlight incandescent bulb in the
    EC circuit and then use a 1K ohm resistor in the base circuit with 2 D cells = 3.0VDC as a power supply.
    The bulb should light when the 1kohm resistor (1K CC= brown, black, red, silver) touches the positive
    of the battery. The bulb would never light with the 1K ohm resistor in series with *it*. This proves/shows
    the beta-gain of the power transistor.
f) You should construct the above circuit as a confidence builder as it has only 4 parts.
g) Now put your 26gauge coil winding in place of the flashlight bulb, you should now be be able to
    make your rotor move by pulsing the 1k ohm resistor against the positive of the battery at the
    appropriate times.
h) Then construct the rest of the Bedini circuit using the appropriate power supply.
i) I think the thing you are doing wrong is: especially the 1x3/4x1/2 magnet is magnetized with the
    N/S magnetic polarity on it's flat faces. So you may have the magnets mounted incorrectly on wheel.
    Use a compass to check. The coil should first see the N field coming towards it then after a short time it
    should see the S field going away. This is going to make a mighty strange looking wheel as the magnets
    will look like paddles on a paddle wheel.
j) The way around this is to use the appropriate bar magnets magnetized along their *length*.
   There was a user on here named Quinn from Australia who stated that these magnets magnetized
   between their narrow faces were largely useless for experimental work. 
k) You may be able to "sort of" get it to work if the N/S poles are face out if you alter the polarity of the
    magnets to N outward then S outward but this circuit is called a monopole Bedini because the
    circuit only operates on 1/2 half the cycle of attract or repel and not both. To have both would require
    a  bipolar Bedini circuit.
l) For a simple circuit you can swap PNP for an NPN transistor and vice versa by simply reversing the
   polarity of the battery.

:S:MarkSCoffman

[jhsmith87]

I'm on my way to rats hack. Tell me what I need what bulb and exactly what resistors. And if it should b 1/8,1/4, 1/2 watt or what