Folks, I wanted to start a topic to discuss what seems to be a heated subject at the moment, primarily due to recent claims of overunity.

The claim itself is not the topic per se, but the method, format, or process of how the claim is made and represented...is.

The following is what I suggest as a start, and anyone is welcome to add their bit.

1) Decide and state what exactly you are about to claim:
Options here include:
a)100% certainty you have achieved overunity,
b) not 100% sure and asking for help to determine if it is so, or
c) that you are only observing strange effects and that you would like other users to provide feedback.

2) Regardless of which option fits your case, please provide in your post the following minimum parts:
a) A complete drawing or schematic of your prototype or test setup,
b) A clear description of what the device or circuit is, what you think the circuit is doing, or what you wanted it to do,
c) A list of references to any other devices or documentation you based your device on,
d) A list of proper power measurements (more on this later),
e) A photo of your setup is optional, but may be helpful,

3) For those with limited Free Energy Research experience, and/or electronics experience, please post a request for someone to review your steps 1) and 2) above, BEFORE making your post and disclosure,

4) Refine all the above listed elements with the feedback received from the more experienced forum users,

5) Make your disclosure post.

Regards,
Darren

@daren,

been there, done that, got the t-shirt so now take your toys and go home!!

lol
sam

ps: see ya in a couple of weeks. can't wait for your insightful help again. no pun intended. just can't wait!

@ Darren:

Wow!  Stefan should make your paper a "must read" before allowing posting privileges.
To the experimenters,

Bill

Hi Bill, I fully agree. It (and the first post above) should be mandatory reading.

Thanks for the great feedback!

Howdy Y'all,
I have to agree with all of you about the proper measurement of experimental devices.  I work in industrial electronics manufacturing.  Test and measurement is critical to getting a product into the field.  If we made claims that didn't hold up to replication and consumer testing all of our product would come back and we would make no money.  That's something that business managers don't go for. 

So my idea for your IDI is to produce a standardized test fixture which measures power in and power out in order to determine the power gain of a device.  All experiments get tested on the same fixture, or standardized fixtures which are certified by the Overunity community.  This way there is a standard power source which is protected from EMI, RFI and wired feedback from the device under test.  The output power can be rectified down to DC and well filtered to make the measurement a simple power equation.  No RF power meters, no calculated measurements, and no guessing.

We are all chasing the same thing.  Output power is greater than input power.  I have seen and read about a bizillion devices that theoretically work.  I'm saying we need a standard test platform and independent, unbiased testers which will impassionately evaluate each device objectively.  This is the only way to truly validate such a device.

Right now I see the alternative energy community much like the medical industry was in America back in the late 1800's, before the EPA.  Now I am not saying that we need another bureaucracy to regulate free energy devices, that would be a massive step backwards.  We need to have something more like IPC, the Institute for Printed Circuits, which is a private company which works with the companies in the industry to set standards and provide a common framework so that everyone is playing with the same rules.  Then once everyone is playing the same game, by the rules, maybe we will start to see significant progress.