Using an NPN transistor instead of a reed-switch ...

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Finally figured it ! God i'm  S  L  O  W ... picture attached.

It's basically the Bedini circuit with the charging battery removed.

Neon bulb there to protect transistor.

Hope this helps anyone else who is sick of reed-switches burning out

[Omnibus]

Anybody try it with a pulse generator instead? 

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Wouldn't a pulse generator need a seperate power supply ? Also, wouldn't you have to use a transistor in addition to the pulse-generator, like you have to use a transistor in addition to a Hall Effect sensor which also needs a few volts supplied to it ?

Using the transistor meanas less total power consumption i think.

But i'm an electronics baby so please correct me if i'm wrong

[Omnibus]

The problem with the ordinary pulse generators is that they supply too low a current to saturate the core. The ones with high current output are prohibitively expensive. Otherwise, the pulse generator supplies the needed form of the signals with no additional elements. Using a pulse generator with a DSO and a proper processing of the data is what is needed to understand whether or not these motors are OU. The only correct methodology I've seen so far in assessing the OU is by Steorn. They need to drive the motor with a pulse generator, though, for some additional measurements to make their conclusions definitive. No need for calorimetry. Just some more electrical measurements in additions to what they've done, using a pulse generator, to finalize their findings of OU. Everyone else trying to reproduce the OU property of these motors (including all Adams and Bedini fans) should necessarily do these careful measurements as well. Just seeing that motor spins or trying to charge batteries isn't enough, unless a self-sustaining run of the motor is demonstrated.

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I think, as far as the Bedini SSG goes, something is definitely OU.

They include the power used to run the 'charger' in the excel spreadsheet used to calculate overall COP at the monopole3 group.

Typical results seem to be a COP of about 1.3.

I have built my first SSG and am doing first test runs on batteries this weekend, will report back.