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Bedini `SSG´ Circuit

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Animation of the Bedini `SSG´ Cir

cuit

The Bedini “Simple School Girl´s” circuit is so named because it was c onstructed by Shawnee
Baughman of Idaho in 2000 and won 1st priz e in her school science fair.

The history of this motor design goes back much fur ther, probably to 1974, when it
was patented by Roger Andrews of Salem, Oregon as a novelty electric motor. (Ref.
: Patent 3,783,550)

This is a relevant extract from his patent :

50
The moving magnetic lines of force provided by the spinning magnet top cuts the turns of the coil
and thus induces a current in the coil. As is well known, the flow of current through the coil is
55reversed when the turns are cut by the lines of force associated with the opposite poles of the
magnet. Thus, in one direction of current flow through the base-emitter of the transistor switch, the
  
transistor is turned on momentarily to connect the battery 18 across the coil 16. A pulse of battery
60current thus is applied momentarily through the coil, whereupon the latter produces a magnetic
field which is imposed upon the spinning magnet top in such manner as to acceler ate the spin of the
top.
65

The Bedini SSG motor, to all intents and purposes, is identical t o that patented by Roger Andrews.
It is based on what is commonly known as a `blocking oscillator´.

Blocking oscillators are often used as voltage converters / simple switch-mode power supplies;
for example fluorescent light inverters. For many, it will be recognized as the circuit for a `Joule
Thief´.

Many people have made `strange´ observations about the behaviour of the Bedini SSG Mot or :
“The weird thing is that the amount of current required to drive the rotor goes DO
WN when you bring
the generator in to play or add a load.”

“Even weirder is that the rotor doesn’t appear to be strictly necessary for the battery charging side of
things. If the coil and associated electronics are used on their own, or with the application of a magnet
on the top and bottom of the coil, induces self resonance and the charging process still takes place.”

The Bedini SSG Motor is a mechanically trigger ed blocking oscillator. By careful coil design or the
addition of a potentiometer, it is arranged that the motor is close to self-oscillation. As the
transistor starts to conduct, current begins to flow in the inductor’s power coil which induces an
increase in voltage in the trigger coil. So the tr ansistor is driven harder into saturation by this
feedback loop. In the absence of this positive feedback, the trigger coil would not ha ve the
sensitivity needed to react to the change in magnetic flux as the r otor turns.

With the SSG, this sensitivity is adjusted b y the potentiometer. At one extreme, there is insufficient
transistor base drive and the motor will not run. At the other extreme, the circuit will self-oscillate -
marked by a step in power consumption. The neon bulb will illuminate an d `battery charging´ is
possible. (For those without the luxur y of an oscilloscope, a domestic r adio, tuned to 200KHz or
thereabouts, can provide an audible clue as to what is happening.)

Many SSG enthusiasts refer to this point just before self-oscillation as the `sweet-spot´.

When a load is applied, this balance is alter ed - the response of the power coil changes and this is
reflected in the amplitude / shape of the trigger pulse drive to the transistor - the power
consumption will decrease.

Voltages produced by a blocking oscillator can be enormous and many hundr ed volts are readily
achievable.

So what happens to the `charge battery´ when it receives a high voltage pulse ? The answer is that
the battery is desulphated. Accumulations of lead sulphate ar e stripped from the battery plates,
allowing the battery to perform better. This is the crux of the Bedini Mot or myth - it can desulphate
a lead acid battery making it work more effectively - it is NOT a true battery charger !

So if you really need a battery desulphator then here is a simple example - it has no mo ving parts
and is probably 100% more effective ! This example is typical, deriving the power fr om the very
battery that it is rejuvenating !

It costs very little to make and there are many kits and products available that are tried and tested
over many, many years - it is not new technology - it is as old as the lead acid batter y itself - it is
not `Energy From The Vacuum´, it is simple text book chemistr y - lead sulphate (PbSO 4) !
The really wierd and strange discovery is that Bedini and Lindemann pr oduce and sell
desulphators ... and despite all of the claims that magnetic mot ors are the panacea for the world´s
energy crisis there is not a magnet or moving part in their design !

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The above is `The Classic´ RC-2A12 desulphator / charger - `Compact, Affordable Radiant Power for
12V Batteries´ at only $260.00 ! (That´s a lot of batteries t o recover !)

Whilst over on , desulphators are available for less than $30.00 but they don´t have that
magic ingredient - `Radiant Power´ !

Later entries will explore some design considerations to improve system performance and
efficiency. Aspects relating to battery charging / reconditioning will not be inv estigated. These
motors are really fun, so let´s make them run faster and longer using less power !

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