This update serves as a broad reflection on the current progress of the Ambient Energy Field Converter (AEFC) project.

The AEFC is a multi-layered experiment in passive energy harvesting and long-term storage. The system is designed to collect ambient energy—without the use of solar panels or active RF injection—and store it using both traditional capacitors and a supercapacitor bank.

Before integrating the supercapacitors, the system reached a peak of 32VDC on a standard capacitor, confirming a strong ability to accumulate ambient voltage. After adding the supercapacitor bank, voltage levels naturally dropped due to increased capacity but have continued to rise steadily, now reaching 7.78VDC. This slow, consistent gain demonstrates the system’s ability to continue harvesting and banking energy over time, even under load.

The AEFC has already powered LEDs, including a blinking setup, proving energy output beyond simple storage. As expected, shorting the supercapacitor bank produces a visible spark—further evidence of substantial energy retention. While the system cannot yet sustain output for long durations, it has shown a working capability to collect, store, and release energy. This creates a foundation for potential low-power applications such as timed pulses, sensors, or signaling devices.

While grounding clearly improves charge accumulation—likely due to capacitive coupling with AC field energy—the AEFC also continues to accumulate charge in a floating, ungrounded state. This strongly supports the conclusion that the system is capturing energy from multiple ambient sources, including RF and localized field interactions. The AEFC is not dependent on any one harvesting condition, and instead reflects a hybrid behavior across both field-referenced and field-independent sources.

The next logical steps involve tuning, scaling, and defining the long-term purpose of the system. There are still many phases ahead, and each one will bring the project closer to its potential.

— Rhea