Hi Brad At first look I thought I was looking at a boost circuit, then I realised how you have wired it. My take on this is :- The transistor switches on, the coil charges compressing the fixed (PM) field into the coil. The transistor switches off and the charged current in the coil wants to run in the same direction as the charge, but this time the charge of the coil is going against the incoming supply, no ground. So what is creating the current? Well my guess is the decompression of the PM magnetic field is the only power source adding to the battery voltage. It is a magnetic spring but without resonance, one shot compress and expand, then back to normal. That is my first thought, and may not be right. Regards Mike PS. doing something similar but with only coils. Just looked again, no all the power is coming from the compression of the PM, no power can go beyond the coil unless it comes from the coil, due to the diode being where it is
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