My last test I let the Exciter run for 15 hours before turning it off.
The voltage in the battery was 1.1v after running 15 hours and lighting the 39 led's.

For this test I removed the Sgate and added an AV plug to the bottom of the second tower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-MerBB2XCs

@exnihiloest

What is discussed here is not new. It is related to "Avramenko's single wire transmission", known for years.
Whatever conductor, like the terminal of a neon or any piece of metal, possesses its own capacity, i.e it constitutes a capacitor, the other "plate" being the surrounding (ground, earth...)

I would agree in a general sense but you have used the terminology in such a way that it makes no sense whatsoever. For instance a piece of metal cannot possess it's own capacity as what we call capacity refers to energy in the form of an electric field between two things measured in volts/cm. The voltage refers to the relative difference in the charged state of the two things thus the capacity is not intrinsic to the metal object but everything else having a charged state which is different from the metal object as well. In most cases this is not the ground or earth but the air surrounding a metal object which contains water vapor. Most of your assumptions will only hold true if the circuit is grounded which I have found is a very good way to lower efficiency.

Even though this capacity is very weak (<< 1pF), it loops the circuit, and the voltage can be enough to light a neon, or to charge a capacitor using a double diode configuration. Current is consumed. I have also experimented this way and measured such a current which obeys conventional Kirchoff's laws.

In fact the "capacity" can be very large as it relates to the difference between two charged states and the distance between them, capacity cannot be weak nor strong, and does not have a requirement to "loop" any circuit. For instance if I charge a length of conductor then what we call the "voltage" in any given space relates to the charged state of the conductor and any other point in space which includes both conductors and insulators. The capacitance is then a ratio of the relative charged state of the conductor to the magnitude of the electrical field produced by it in a relative sense to everything else.
As well I do not understand this concept of "Current being consumed" as an electric current is the result of a change in the relative difference between two charged states or for the sake of simplicity the motion of charges due to a change in charge density. As such "current" cannot be consumed as the current is simply a measure of something, how can a measurement of relative motion be consumed? In fact the only thing which has occurred is that the charge imbalance has returned to ambient conditions, nothing is consumed.

This setup is typically a trap for newbies in electronics because they model it by neglecting what makes it to function!
"Light, and no current because the circuit is open! I get free energy!" 
False! 
In real life, the components are not punctual and they are not isolated from one another by light years distances. Even simple small pieces of wire are coupled by capacities or by induction and significant current can pass from one to another if the voltage and/or frequency is high enough.

This setup can be a trap for experts as well especially when they start making assumptions based on conventional wisdom. You forgot to mention the little fact that if the rate of change of charge density on a conductor is sufficiently high then a wave like disturbance may result which propogates away from the source which produced it and becomes independent from it. In this case the conductor acts more like a point charge than a conductor and most everything you have mentioned falls apart as it does not apply.
Regards
AC

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You forgot to mention the little fact that if the rate of change of charge density on a conductor is sufficiently high then a wave like disturbance may result which propogates away from the source which produced it and becomes independent from it. In this case the conductor acts more like a point charge than a conductor and most everything you have mentioned falls apart as it does not apply.
Regards
AC

I don't forget this point, I have it always in mind, I spoke elsewhere about it.
When dimensions of conductors and distances between them are short in comparison to the wavelength associated with the highest frequencies of the involved signals, the radiated EM energy is negligible and we can take the hypotheses of the quasi-stationary state approximation.
It is the case here thus this point is not relevant.

Hi All,
I have decided to construct and power the exciter tower and circuits shown in the links below. I intend to power it with DC (rectified back EMF) off my Bedini setup.  My question is right now what is the measured input "CURRENT" to the primary LI coil while using 12 to 18 volts to power a single tower?
 
http://brokenman.co.nz/science/wireless-energy/122-wireless-electricity.html?showall=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ_fKHjDo0E

http://www.energeticforum.com/attachments/renewable-energy/6859d1289338089-bedini-circuit-fraction-1-watt-powers-all-abedini_and_rectifier-1-.jpg

Knowing what others found metering current in a similar 12 - 18 volt exciter setup would be a big help to me as I found a way to vary my OUTPUT current as well as voltage from my Bedini setuP.

The Bedini setup uses much less voltage and current to power all to 12 volts/current compared to using a variable 12-18 volt power supply. I case you might wonder.

It's a good way of speaking for the given reason and every one understands it and uses it (http://www.google.fr/search?q=%22current+is+consumed%22).

it may be a popular semantic faux pas, but that does not negate the fact that it is still a faux pas.

Here are guys.  I can get a nice hand held jacobs ladder using an MJE 13007 and 32V input.  Also no problem lighting 2 halogen lamps,10 W.  They glow beautifully, like my xenon beaker (last few secs of vid).  They will light from 12V using Mosfets, and the spark is just a little shorter in length.  I cant try the Mosfets on more than 15V or they blow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSXdzWC6EA

Yes, exniholest - current is consumed.  But its still great fun.....and who knows whats possible?

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no. it is really transformed. it is not consumed.
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You are repeating truisms. Of course energy is never "consumed" because it is conserved.
When we say "something is consumed", we mean that "something" from an energy source has produced a useful work and the source has been depleted.

When electrons heat a resistance, the heat comes from the energy of the electrons, then we can say "current is consumed" in despite the fact that the current is maintained constant by the battery replenishing the energy of the flowing electrons. Simple question of rhetorics.

why come to this thread to discuss the meaning of consume?

Isnt there a ''grammarandsemantics.com'' forum somewhere, which would suit you boys better?

Surely here we wanna see exciters with exciting results.....

Sorry for the off topic post - It is my last, I promise.