The following PDF clears up the confusing terminology surrounding “free energy”. It is not “reactive power”. Free energy is the component of apparent power called imaginary power in contradistinction to the real power component of apparent power. Imaginary power has been associated with the term of reactive watts by Jim Murray in his S.E.R.P.S. patent coauthored by Paul Babcock. Imaginary power has also been called negative watts by Micro-Cap electronic simulator.

Archived from the Oak Ridge, National Laboratory website...

https://web.archive.org/web/20070816173441/http:/www.ornl.gov/sci/decc/RP%20Definitions/Reactive%20Power%20Overview_jpeg.pdf

...the above PDF is mirrored onto my website since it's so informative and straightforward for the layperson to understand (that's me!)...

https://vinyasi.info/patent/pri-vate/Reactive%20Power%20Overview.pdf

Exposing the Newman device…

I made the following comments before Byron Brubaker contacted me and before I made the Quora post, above...

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-build-a-machine-that-generates-more-power-than-it-uses/805975

These comments are relevant to the following critique...

https://www.straightdope.com/21341769/is-it-possible-to-build-a-machine-that-generates-more-power-than-it-uses

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Not directly relevant, but interesting…

https://www.quora.com/How-much-power-is-required-by-the-motor-to-run-the-car-electric-car-in-watts/answer/Vin-Yasi