Ghost, the water bucket can be lifted by using a counter weight like they use with elevators.
 If a bellows is used, then water filling it from a short static head would help to float it open.
 Unlike other people, I got into alternative enrgy/perpetual motion because of the discrimination I have to tolerate because of my hearing loss. It gets quite bad. I actually lost one job because I was being harassed by Christians for trying to meet a woman. Apparently they didn't like the idea of me having a family while I went to church with my 75 year old dad who happened to be an immigrant. This is my way of working around other peoples ignorance.
 With this idea, a bellows might allow for the simplest design that could work. The riser pipe would need an elbow that is the end of the bellows. This would help to make it easier to pump the water up into the riser pipe and top reservoir.
 This would mean only 3 parts would be needed for this, the bellows, the riser pipe/top reservoir and the water bucket.
 With the bellows, if a one was check valve is used, then water can flow in but not out. Most things needed for something like this would be found in the plumbing aisle of a person's local home improvement store and your local store that has food storage containers (plastic).
 Any way, for someone who is interested in understanding basic hydraulic behavior and maybe have a working pmm, this would be about as simple and inexpensive as they would find.
 To go OU, a side drain pipe out of the top reservoir so it can't over fill would show it could do work as well.
 
                                                                                                        Jim
 edit
p.s., there would always be water int he bellow as the point where it connects to the riser pipe would always be open.
 it's volume can be adjusted to account for this.

That video is a trick, try the experiment yourself, an easy one to do.

If you watch the video below, it proves water can continuously fall
WITHOUT bellows & pumps.  Why make it harder than necessary???
 
It could be Scaled Up so the falling water turns a Water Wheel that
spins a Generator.  Properly configured it gives FREE ELECTRICITY forever.
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287qd4uI7-E&feature=channel&list=UL
 
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   FatBird,
 I think what everyone is missing is why it doesn't work. It seems like it should, but it doesn't.
The "Travis Effect" is based on this. If you pump the water (static head) in the funnel into the
tube on the right, that static head will be taller and it will be. With hydraulics, it would require
extra work because of the compression taking place. With the "Travis Effect", air is placed
between the piston and the fluid being pumped.
 If you look at how I modified the picture, it shows the static head in the funnel, the only water that
matters. The rest of the water can not perform any work. This is because the force of the extra water
is parallel to gravity or perpendicular to the static head, it's force is not applied diagonally. This is
what most people probably don't understand. The easiest way to consider a static head is the narrowest
gap in the static head, this is what all calculations should be based on.
 With the basic design I posted, it shows how the potential in a static head could be taken advantage of.
And it would be by understanding how a basic concept works that a more advanced design could be
achieved.
 
                                                                                                    Jim

Hi all,
I don't mean to discourage anyone here from experimenting but I would like to point out that in the green water video, when the liquid is first poured in, there's a slight 'pause' at the bottom of the collection vessel where the water seems to stop for a brief moment then begins to flow through again. Water would not behave this way. There must be some hidden plumbing within the lower arm of the stand that feeds the water through a pump of some sort.
Cheers,
polln8r

Don't give up Jim, please. You've spent too much time on PM. It's not the best way to finish it like that I think.
Sad to hear about your experiences with some christians, but there are christians and christians, or sometimes... christians and so called christians.
Regards

  Raphael,
  I am in a tight situation right now and need to get it worked out.
 With static heads, something for everyone to think about, if a tube
is at an angle of 45 degrees, why is it's static head limited to the height
of a static head that is straight up and down. It has to do with how
gravity effects liquids as I mentioned in the previous post.  Excess volume
is not able to perform any work.
 
 @ FatBird, the purpose of the videos is so that people like yourself would
ask questions. Most people accept that it doesn't work yet by understanding
static heads, then something simple could be built.
 And with even a simple pm machine, something would also be learned about
mechanics, flow rates, compression, etc., etc. In other words if someone
tried the basic pump / system then they would learn something about mechanical
engineering. And sometimes the best experience is hands on experience where
even a seemingly simple build is attempted. It could be why most won't build, it
seems simple but in reality, getting any mechanical system to work does take
some effort.

  @All, if anyone takes a tube and holds one side straight up and lets the other side
move to an angle, you will see the 2 static heads will always have the same height.
 
 @Ghost, someone one day might try the basic idea I posted and they might actually
find it interesting when they see it work. But I think as far as Bessler goes, if someone
keeps this going, it will end up at Bessler's wheel and then he would have had his
school if even for a few months.

                                                                                    Good Luck Guys and Take Care

                                                                                                                 Jim
 
edited to correct spelling of FatBird's name 

I don't know why but something tells me to add/mix this idea: http://www.overunity.com/12396/school-boy-experiment-with-water
with your idea johnny874.

* * * See attached pdf file.

  @All,
  Here is possibly the simplest design I could come up with.
 The top reservoir would need to be 2 sections. This is to allow one section
to be pumped up while the lower section is empty. When the A section is filled,
it can lift a float which opens a flapper type valve. This will let the water drain
to the B section where it will float the water bucket back to it's start position.
 In the digram for the lower resrvoir / pump assembly, the water bucket is top
right, when it is lifted, it will open another flapper type valve in the B section.
 This will let that water drain into the water bucket. As this happens, the
bucket will become heavier and start pumping water up the riser tube once again
filling the top reservoir A section.
 When the water bucket is finished pumping, it's flapper valve will open letting it
drain into the bottom reservoir.
 Basically, it seems 4 flapper valves and one float could control all movement
of the water in this design.
 I think if you take a little time and consider it, it could work for as basic of a design
as it is.
 Not sure though, but I might not be able to do anythng for a while. But then, this is
an open source design. One thing to remember, that the water the bellows pumps is
equal to the volume in the riser tube, and what is in the water bucket. If you follow
the flow, you'll understand this.
 And with the loop seal that goes from the bottom reservoir to the bellows, it should
always have water in it to keep air out of the system.
 
                                                                                    Jim
 
edited to add; a one way check valve or ball in the riser tube would be needed so it, like
the loop seal will always have water in it. This would be to prevent back flow when the
bellows is being primed (opened) as the water bucket is moved back to it's start position.
 If you notice, in the bottom of the bellows, there is a flat line which is, yep, a flapper
valve.   I think ya'all get it. 

  deleted as it is a double post, sorry