Capacitor-energy measurement is one of two competing methods proposed in the OtherPower.com forum thread reproduced in the source archive Bedini dossier for testing the output of a Bedini Motor/Generator/Charger.
The method
The thread's initiator, finsawyer, proposes measuring the energy delivered to a capacitor using the standard capacitor-energy formulas:
- E = ½CV²
- E = ½C(Vmax² − Vmin²)
The second form accounts for a capacitor that starts at a non-zero voltage.
The competing position
GeoM argues that only real-power draw from the receiving battery versus primary discharge counts, and that the capacitor is the only energy route to the receiving battery — so the capacitor method and the real-power method should agree if the measurement is done correctly. See Real-Power Draw vs. Primary Discharge as a COP Test.
Why it matters
The dossier's central measurement problem is that the claimed effect is asserted to be invisible to ordinary power meters. If that is true, only a full energy balance can test it. The forum thread is the dossier's clearest attempt to specify such a test, but no participant actually performs one.
Related pages
- Real-Power Draw vs. Primary Discharge as a COP Test
- GeoM
- Bedini Claims vs. Evidence: The Patents, the Inventor's Disclaimers and the Absence of an Energy Balance
Source notes & attribution
- https://rexresearch.com/bedini/bedini.htm