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2026-10-04 Energetic Forum (energeticforum.com)

Found through Google in Chrome. Queries: "NRGFromTheVacuum" OR "NRGFromTheVaccum"; "NRG From The Vacuum" capacitor bifilar OR endothermic OR "cold electricity"; "NRGFromTheVacuum" site:overunity.com OR site:energeticforum.com OR site:overunityresearch.com; "cold electricity" "light bulb" "laser drive" OR "NRG" 2009 youtube.

1. Thread "Capacitor charging" (2008-2009) - positive, the richest find

URL: https://energeticforum.com/forum/energetic-forum-discussion/renewable-energy/2711-capacitor-charging.html (page 2: .../2711-capacitor-charging/page2.html). 17 posts. Pages read in full [web].

Inventor's own statements, relayed by member CitizenDC (these are NRGFromTheVacuum's YouTube replies quoted by CitizenDC; not posted by NRG himself on the forum; no independent copy found): - Post #4, 2 Sep 2008 (CitizenDC quoting NRGFromTheVacuum): "I have no idea if this is one of John Bedini's many circuits. I came up with this circuit on my own through trial and error. In the video the switching is done manually with my hand to show the effect. However if you add a mechanical switch, you can keep the battery charged indefinitely, while getting mechanical motion for free. The maximum voltage I have obtained from this circuit has been just over 600 volts." - Post #8, 3 Sep 2008 (CitizenDC: "NRGFromTheVacuum's kindly got back to me with the coil and cap data"): "Wire used for coil is #23 AWG and # 26 AWG wrapped around a 3.5" core with a 1" diameter. The actual impedance of the coil is 4.7 ohms. Use a DC 250 volt 30uf capacitor. Just remember your source has to have a strong voltage. So when you short the source through the coil the voltage does not drop. ... Ive done the experiment with a capacitor as my source but it was 40v 47,000uf. Good luck and remember the current is the enemy. Short all three together as fast as possible." Bearing on claim 1: new specifications from the inventor (coil two wire gauges, 3.5 in long x 1 in core, 4.7 ohm; capacitor 250 V 30 uF; max over 600 V; capacitor bank as source also works). The coil value conflicts with the blog's "about 30 ohms" and the annotated image's "300 ohms" [read: facts.json]; the inventor's own figure (4.7 ohm, "impedance") is the closest to primary. Also new: the inventor's claim that mechanical switching could "keep the battery charged indefinitely" with free mechanical motion (an over-unity claim stated by him, untested in the record). "Short all three together" and "current is the enemy" state his principle: brief contact so that potential, not current, is applied. - Post #7 (CitizenDC watching the video): "the cap he's using is a monster 4kv 20uf" (vs 30 uF in the blog; capacitor rating as seen on video differs between viewers).

Replications reported (priority 2): - gmeat (Gary), #5, 2 Sep 2008: "I tried this experiment using 12v but did'nt have any success." - CitizenDC, #11, 6 Sep 2008: "Hey guys, I got this working. It took me many attempts of touching the 2 wires to the capacitor negative at the same time. The highest voltage climb was around 125v. Input power 2x12v batteries in series. 400v 3.3uf capacitor used to test." - CitizenDC, #13/#15, Jan 2009: method notes: about 300-350 turns of 23 and 26 gauge on an empty fishing-line spool; "The 'secret' I eventually discovered was to combine the four bifilar wires into 2 wires by knotting them together" (i.e. the two strands in parallel, per his description); "If you get it wrong, I recall you will see a nice spark. If you get it right, that big spark lands up in the capacitor and registers on your Multimeter." - Magnethos, #17, 4 Mar 2009: "We have succesfull replicated the experiment and we're researching to develop a powerfull one." No numbers. Other inventor work mentioned: theremart (#6, 3 Sep 2008) "He did it again. YouTube - Free Electrical Energy 2 ... Running a spark gap with this."; Magnethos (#12) and Vortex (#16, 3 Mar 2009) mention a "Cold Electricity Light Bulb" video, the latter: "States in the video: Negative end of a modified laser drive". These are further NRG videos, now lost. Context: the thread was started by boguslaw (28 Aug 2008) on capacitor charging by a static field through high-self-induction coils, linking it to Bearden and Bedini; NRG's video was introduced as fitting the thread.

URL: https://www.energeticforum.com/forum/energetic-forum-discussion/renewable-energy/3317-gray-tube-replication/page82.html Reiyuki, post #1228, 14 Apr 2009, summarising replicators of the E. V. Gray "radiant event" tube: "NRGFromTheVacuum - This replicator CSET replication as well as a simple 2-capacitor discharge concept he has promoted ... The HV setup uses a tesla coil secondary (usually 40-120ohm). Capacitor is high voltage low capacity. Possibly a ferroelectric capacitor ... Operating on at least 6kv." Bearing: places NRGFromTheVacuum's work inside the Edwin V. Gray / CSET (conversion switching element tube) "cold electricity" replication effort of 2009 (Aaron Murakami, Ghst, Reiyuki), and records a high-voltage (>= 6 kV) setup distinct from the 24 V circuit. Relevant to claim 2 (the spark-gap video) and to the blog's EVGRAY link.

3. Thread "Donald Smith Devices too good to be true", page 714 - positive (witness recollection)

URL: https://www.energeticforum.com/forum/energetic-forum-discussion/renewable-energy/5012-donald-smith-devices-too-good-to-be-true/page714 AetherScientist, #10696, 9 Mar 2016: "There were some videos in youtube (I have copies) about a man called NRGfromthevacuum that shown a cold spark gap. It was an implosive spark gap and the sound was different. The edges of the metals created small amounts of ice." Also links it to Floyd Sweet's reported "cold explosion". A second viewer's account of the frost claim (claim 2), and a person stating he holds copies of the videos.

4. Thread "Energy Conference Topics" (Dec 2010) - partial

URL: https://energeticforum.com/forum/energetic-forum-discussion/renewable-energy/energy-conference/7261-energy-conference-topics.html everyidea, #3, 30 Dec 2010, wish-list of presenters: "NRGFromTheVacuum YouTube guy with his cold electricity experiments." Shows the inventor's standing in the community at end 2010; no sign he appeared.

5. Other pages seen in Google snippets only

"3 Battery Generating System" (page ~110): Garry: "Came across nrgfromthevacuum's youtube years ago - no longer there. Here is a replication by xem - Relay Switch Capacitor Experiment" (snippet only).
"Space energy harvesting theories and observations" (thread 13554, Magnethos): snippet says Magnethos remembers NRG's "cold spark" video; page 1 read, mention not on it (likely page 2; not reached).

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