Kapanadze Cousin - DALLY FREE ENERGY

[verpies]

And just how would you know if there is any material or nuclear decay or not going on?

Unaccounted energy, loss of mass, gain of electrostatic charge.

Especially while the HV will make any geiger counter sound off.

Yes, Geiger-Muller tubes give false positives in the presence of RF and HV, but if the measurement is made after the RF was turned off, they are reliable indicators of ionizing radiation.
The good ol' photo film does not react to HV.

As far as I've seen, or can remember, there are no zeners on the Ruslan device, at least not on my device, other than 6v ones on the fets, and what may be inside of the PS. So, there shouldn't be much waste from the zeners there?

Even if Zeners don't waste energy as heat, most other components in the DUT do.  Some inversely proportionally to the output current of the DUT - leading to the same behavior as the Zener shunt power supply.  The good ol' saturated transformer notwithstanding.

And does this also means that such as on Geo's device, any power output not being used, passed his 5 amp draw from his 15amp PS, is being wasted? Or not?

No, because his is a switching power supply, not a shunt-power supply. Also he is measuring DC power at the output of this power supply, so what the power supply does internally does not affect this measurement ...unless you are concerned about its input power (as in looping).

However Geo's DUT can dissipate more energy internally when a small load is attached ...and vice versa, effectively acting similarly to the shunt power supply.
Like I wrote, the constant input power draw under various loadings is nothing unusual.  Relative O/I power comparisons do not tell us anything about efficiency...only absolute comparisons do (...or successful looping).
   

I believe that on Sergey's device diagram he does not use a commercial "el cheapo" PS for the feed back loop.

If that is a run of the mill switching power supply, then you can expect its efficiency to be around 80%.

If NMR were the case, I would stop working on these devices.

That's a knee-jerk reaction to the "N" word.
NMR does not produce ionizing radiation.

[NickZ]

     Well, I would not want it in my house if it did.
    My goal is to tap the energy from the ambient, instead.

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[Hoppy]

     Well, I would not want it in my house if it did.
   

Agreed! I would also not want a device that radiated high levels of EMI 24/7. So, unless a self-runner can be effectively shielded without it blocking whichever source of energy is being 'captured', I would not entertain it in my house.

[AlienGrey]

Agreed! I would also not want a device that radiated high levels of EMI 24/7. So, unless a self-runner can be effectively shielded without it blocking whichever source of energy is being 'captured', I would not entertain it in my house.

Can you still get perforated zinc ? make a cage for it, but have you actually got anything working ?
If it's a longitudinal wave your out of luck.