Re: [Vo]:OT: Pendulum Waves

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Blanton
Reminds me of lissajous patterns. T

[Vo]:If you want to slam me here I am

2011-10-13 Thread fznidarsic
http://www.alienscientist.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?26-Frank-Znidarsic-(Special-Guest)sort=postusernameorder=asc

[Vo]:Mats Lewan comments on measuring primary circuit flow

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
I guess it isn't a circuit, strictly speaking. Anyway, Lewan said: Sure. I filled up the hose first before [I started] measuring. He also said that he measured the temperature of the condensate using his own thermocouple. The number was lower than the heat exchanger cooling water measured by the

Re: [Vo]:OT: Pendulum Waves

2011-10-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Terry, Robert, I Googled lissajous patterns in my on-going efforts to educate myself. In the midst of learning about these interesting oscillating patterns I came across an obscure web site managed by an independent inventor named Jed Margolin. I stumbled across his web site because Mr. Margoliln

RE: [Vo]:OT: Pendulum Waves

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Hi Steven... Mr. Margolin's house pics don't look like southern Nevada at all... I think he is here in Reno because the weblink for his house pics has a folder named 'vch', which is most likely Virginia City Highlands, which is a rural housing development about 20 mins out of Reno to the

Re: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stremmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-13 Thread Akira Shirakawa
On 2011-10-12 18:26, Akira Shirakawa wrote: An English translation of Stremmenos' message to Defkalion GT appeared on JONP is supposed to be posted soon on NyTeknik. A translation has been posted today on 22passi instead:

RE: [Vo]:OT: Pendulum Waves

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Further reading confirmed my suspicions... http://www.jmargolin.com/vch/myhouse.htm The new house I bought is in Virginia City Highlands, about 22 miles South East of Reno and 5 miles North of Virginia City. -Original Message- From: Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint [mailto:zeropo...@charter.net]

[Vo]:Mats Lewan on Radio24 [ITA]

2011-10-13 Thread Michele Comitini
Italian only... http://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/player/player.php? filename=111013-mrkilowatt.mp3 mic

[Vo]:Alternative Oct 6 calorimetry method based on T2 and one measured mass flow point

2011-10-13 Thread Robert Lynn
Another attempt to untangle Rossi’s mess: We’ve established that calorimetry for latest Oct 6 demo is badly flawed – due to awful temp measurement on secondary loop, so here is an alternative methodology to try and extract something useful. As the temperature in the reactor rises above 100°C

[Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
Bob Higgins of Motorola Solutions did an analysis which he sent to Mats Lewans, who copied it to me and a couple of others on Vortex. Hello Mr. Lewan, I am enclosing my spreadsheet analysis of the data you published for Ing. Rossi’s October 6 test at U. of Bologna of his E-cat. In this

[Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
← E-Cat Test Demonstrates Energy Losshttp://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/10/08/e-cat-test-demonstrates-energy-loss/ Rossi’s 11th Test, 11th Failure Posted on October 10, 2011http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/10/10/rossis-11th-test-11th-failure/ by Steven B. Krivit

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Oops. I did not mean to copy that here. I hope Steve is not upset. I meant to comment on this one part: My conclusion is that Lewan and Rossi made no flow measurements that would allow them to directly calculate the energy output during the heating phase. That is incorrect. They made the same

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: it clearly shows that by the end of the warm-up period, I put energy already exceeded input energy. Meant to say: OUTPUT energy already exceeded input . . . The point is, this is balance of heat generation and loss, similar to a financial balance sheet. Not complicated. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Alternative Oct 6 calorimetry method based on T2 and one measured mass flow point

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Lynn robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com wrote: Safety: Don’t stand near the fat cat. 30 litres of 125°C water and steam at 1.5bar gauge pressure in a stupidly designed thin walled SQUARE pressure vessel with one whole side held on by a few bolts and engineered by someone of Rossi’s

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Catania
Strange, I just commented on The EEStory.com thst input energy looks equal to output up to the time Lewan turns on the infamous device that creates frequencies which to my mind is clearly a meter beater. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent:

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania wrote: Strange, I just commented on The EEStory.com thst input energy looks equal to output up to the time Lewan turns on the infamous device that creates frequencies which to my mind is clearly a meter beater. You have a vivid imagination. Perhaps you should inform Termometro

Re: [Vo]:Mats Lewan comments on measuring primary circuit flow

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
By the way, Lewan said that his electronic thermometer was inexpensive. Not laboratory grade. Even the inexpensive ones are reliable but not as accurate in my experience. I think the cheap ones are often thermistors rather than thermocouples. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Alternative Oct 6 calorimetry method based on T2 and one measured mass flow point

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Blanton
All water heaters should have a pressure relief valve. Heck, your home water heater has one. T

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Catania
Yes your imagination is vivid. I'm refering to the clamp on ammeter of course. Nice try. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test Joe Catania wrote:

[Vo]:Temperature gradient at Rossis heat exchanger?

2011-10-13 Thread Peter Heckert
Hello, I think this heatexchanger is not made for those big temperature differences. Usually these devices are designed for minimum temperature loss and so they are optimized for low thermal resistance. The steam inlet in Rossis configuration has 100° or more. The warm water outlet has 30°

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania wrote: Yes your imagination is vivid. I'm refering to the clamp on ammeter of course. Nice try. Ah, so you should inform Digimaster company that their instrument can be fooled with a simple device. Please let us know their reply. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Regarding Mr. Krivit's Oct. 10 installment: It's a good example of what I mean when I have described Mr. Krivit as being a cynic at heart. Being a cynic is neither good, nor bad. It is how one uses their innate sense of cynicism in order to get to the bottom of a tantalizing mystery that

RE: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stemmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-13 Thread Jones Beene
Thanks, Akira ... More drama indeed! Move over, James Bond there is new poker-faced gambler in town. This is looking almost like financial suicide on Rossi's part (assuming DGT is not bluffing). AR has made all the wrong strategic moves and with mind-boggling naiveté. In contrast, the low key

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Catania
I should? I've already done what I should do. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test Joe Catania wrote: Yes your imagination is vivid. I'm refering

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania wrote: I should? I've already done what I should do. Nonsense! You should tell the company. They will be grateful you have discovered this terrible problem with their instrument. They may pay you a large sum of money for helping them find this problem. You should inform all of

Re: [Vo]:Plot / Spreadsheet request

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 04:56 PM 10/12/2011, Horace Heffner wrote:See this graph: http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/RossiT2Pout.png Thanks --- It wasn't QUITE what I wanted but I photoshopped out the yellow line and used it as http://lenr.qumbu.com/111010_pics/HH_RossiT2Pou_at.png I eyeballed in a couple

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Robert Lynn
Obviously a lot of effort went into this. I am curious, where did the information about the 1 bar pressure regulator in the outlet come from? How does that talley with the 124°C temperature that was recorded at 15:58, given that 124°C implies a pressure (saturated steam) of 2.25bar absoulute

Re: [Vo]:Temperature gradient at Rossis heat exchanger?

2011-10-13 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 13.10.2011 21:08, schrieb Peter Heckert: Hello, I think this heatexchanger is not made for those big temperature differences. Usually these devices are designed for minimum temperature loss and so they are optimized for low thermal resistance. I made another picture to explain the

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Catania
The point is more that the choice of a meter that can't measure high frequency is requisite for this hoax. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test Joe

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson svj.orionwo...@gmail.com wrote: I sure appreciate Mr. Krivit being a bit more forthcoming in his own thought processes on the controversial Rossi Saga. . . . This is carelessness. The information Krivit demanded from Lewan was right there, in plain sight, in

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 01:03 PM 10/13/2011, Robert Lynn wrote: Obviously a lot of effort went into this. I am curious, where did the information about the 1 bar pressure regulator in the outlet come from? How does that talley with the 124°C temperature that was recorded at 15:58, given that 124°C implies a

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania zrosumg...@aol.com wrote: ** The point is more that the choice of a meter that can't measure high frequency is requisite for this hoax. Two different meters, in this case. I suggest you make a box that fools both of these meters to demonstrate that it can be done. - Jed

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Mr. Higgins did a fantastic diagram of the fat-cat... -mark

[Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Higgins Bob-CBH003
I was concerned about the high temperatures being seen in the E-cat which were not plausible without elevated pressure. I remembered seeing an account on the web (can't recall where at the moment) where there was mention of a visible spring used in a pressure limiter (think of a pressure

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
However, I'm not sure if he's got the dimensions of the heat spreaders correct. From all the pics of the fat-cat open, the heat spreader fins look to have a uniform ~3cm clearance from the 4 walls. In Higgins' drawing, he shows the heat spreaders having a much larger clearance on one side... I

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Higgins Bob-CBH003
The drawing I included is only meant to be a diagrammatic/schematic representation to help understand the quantities being considered. Regards, Bob Higgins -Original Message- From: Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint [mailto:zeropo...@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:27 PM To:

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 01:19 PM 10/13/2011, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint wrote: Mr. Higgins did a fantastic diagram of the fat-cat... He offered me a higher-res version, if anyone wants it.

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 01:32 PM 10/13/2011, Higgins Bob-CBH003 wrote: The drawing I included is only meant to be a diagrammatic/schematic representation to help understand the quantities being considered. Welcome to vortex

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Catania
I suggest you accept my treatment was theoretical. Rossi should comply, not me. - Original Message - From: Jed Rothwell To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test Joe Catania zrosumg...@aol.com

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Hi Bob, I think all us Vorts appreciate the time you've put into the analyses and diagrams... I know you say the diagram is only meant to help visualize things, but from what I've read and seen, it seems pretty accurate; not sure about the pressure limiter. I think the water inlet is on the

[Vo]: Dennis Ritchie passes

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
For all you fellow code monkeys out there... Dennis Ritchie died. The inventor of C, designer of a universal language syntax, and a major contributor to UNIX died this week at the age of 60. -m

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joe Catania wrote: I suggest you accept my treatment was theoretical. Rossi should comply, not me. Rossi set up two meters, a Digitmaster DM201 and a Mastech MS2102. You are saying you know a theoretical way to fool both of them, simultaneously, with some sort of external signal generator

Re: [Vo]: Dennis Ritchie passes

2011-10-13 Thread Michele Comitini
A Genius. He was 70, indeed. long: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-father-of-unix-and-c-dies-40094176/ short: http://goo.gl/BRUJc mic 2011/10/13 Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net: For all you fellow code monkeys out there... Dennis Ritchie

Re: [Vo]: Dennis Ritchie passes

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 01:57 PM 10/13/2011, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint wrote: For all you fellow code monkeys out there... Dennis Ritchie died. The best Obit I saw was Goodbye, World

Re: [Vo]: Dennis Ritchie passes

2011-10-13 Thread Alexander Hollins
70, goto 10? well, only if you believe in reincarnation, I guess. On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: A Genius. He was 70, indeed. long: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/business-of-it/2011/10/13/dennis-ritchie-father-of-unix-and-c-dies-40094176/

Re: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stemmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Given the circumstances, it seems at least arguable that they have done this, and that Stemmenos may have been their ace-in-the-hole, so to speak. Ace? Hole? LOL! And from a JD. :-) T

Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Joe Catania
Jed if you can't explain your position you are a fraud. Me building a test circuit is not going to vindicate you. Lewan hasn't answered queries about the freq device but most people know that cheap meters cannot follow this well. If current and voltage aren't in phase its no good. If high freqs

Re: [Vo]:Alternative Oct 6 calorimetry method based on T2 and one measured mass flow point

2011-10-13 Thread Michele Comitini
Could putting the 3 reactors in the same box build a dangerous positive feedback in case one goes out of control? That's worrisome! Kaboom! That would make it to mainstream news! ;-) mic 2011/10/13 Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com: All water heaters should have a pressure relief valve.  

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Hi Bob, I think all us Vorts appreciate the time you've put into the analyses and diagrams... Yes! Welcome to Vortex, Bob. I'm curious. At one time it was rumored that Motorola was interested in the CETI

Re: [Vo]:Alternative Oct 6 calorimetry method based on T2 and one measured mass flow point

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Michele Comitini michele.comit...@gmail.com wrote: Could putting the 3 reactors in the same box build a dangerous positive feedback in case one goes out of control? I thought it was 4 reactors. T

Re: [Vo]: Dennis Ritchie passes

2011-10-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
What I wunder about is whether the process is enclosed in an infinite loop... For (;;) { // Oh no! Not again! } Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Higgins Bob-CBH003
Hi Mark, I will consider such a drawing. However, the present diagram is not geometrically correct - the internal unit is rotated in the cross-section so as to highlight the fins. What is needed is a proper drawing from the pictures. I just don't know what useful insight would be obtained from

Re: [Vo]:Alternative Oct 6 calorimetry method based on T2 and one measured mass flow point

2011-10-13 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Lynn robert.gulliver.l...@gmail.com wrote: Another attempt to untangle Rossi’s mess . . . So how do the results from this method look? Well the total steam enthalpy flow throughout the 100°C period from 13:46 to 19:59 is 52.7MJ (substantially greater than the 32.1MJ . . . That's

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Higgins Bob-CBH003
At this point, I can only say that my involvement is personal. I was around in those Patterson days and was part of a panel that considered Motorola's involvement. Unfortunately, I am one of the few from that group that is still with the company. Patterson really didn't want Motorola's

RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Krivit report on Oct. 6 Rossi test

2011-10-13 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Joe, A poll of everyone here would surprise me if you got 10% support regarding this method of sneaking power into the reactor. I respect your skepticism even though I often disagree with your conclusions but I always make time to read your posts. In this instance I think

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 03:26 PM 10/13/2011, Higgins Bob-CBH003 wrote: Hi Mark, I will consider such a drawing. However, the present diagram is not geometrically correct - the internal unit is rotated in the cross-section so as to highlight the fins. What is needed is a proper drawing from the pictures. I just

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Hi Bob, Having some basic dimensioning (height, width, length, etc.) would have been helpful for many of the analyses done to date, however, at this late stage it probably isn't much needed. I am still trying to get Horace to read my articles about the dimensions of the spreader, since Lewan's

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Higgins Bob-CBH003 bob.higg...@motorolasolutions.com wrote: At this point, I can only say that my involvement is personal.  I was around in those Patterson days and was part of a panel that considered Motorola's involvement.  Unfortunately, I am one of the few

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Higgins Bob-CBH003
I think the resistor network and finite element approaches discussed below are a great track for understanding the possible magnitude of the Tout error. The big uncertainty is the pipe thread. It may take experiments to estimate the thermal resistance across the pipe thread - particularly if it

RE: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stemmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-13 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Jones ... Of course, this conclusion is valid only if DGT has indeed duplicated the technology successfully. U sure have a knack for generating fertile speculation. BTW, have you been able to discern anything interesting from the BLP CIHT patent? I seem to recall in that your last

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Horace Heffner
A belated welcome to Bob Higgins and all the other newcomers brought here by the Rossi extravaganza. On Oct 13, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint wrote: Hi Bob, Having some basic dimensioning (height, width, length, etc.) would have been helpful for many of the analyses done to

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 05:58 PM 10/13/2011, Horace Heffner wrote: It does not appear there are any fins on the bottom of the reactor housing. My confidential observer said that there ARE fins on the bottom. I pleaded with him to get photos of everything WITH a ruler but here we are again pixel-peeping!

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Horace Heffner
On Oct 13, 2011, at 4:11 PM, Higgins Bob-CBH003 wrote: I think the resistor network and finite element approaches discussed below are a great track for understanding the possible magnitude of the Tout error. The big uncertainty is the pipe thread. It may take experiments to estimate the

RE: [Vo]:More drama: open letter to Christos Stemmenos from Defkalion GT

2011-10-13 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson BTW, have you been able to discern anything interesting from the BLP CIHT patent? I seem to recall in that your last comment on the matter you had not uncovered anything of particular interest. I was hoping that Robin,

Re: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Horace Heffner
On Oct 13, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Alan J Fletcher wrote: At 05:58 PM 10/13/2011, Horace Heffner wrote: It does not appear there are any fins on the bottom of the reactor housing. My confidential observer said that there ARE fins on the bottom. I pleaded with him to get photos of everything WITH

[Vo]:OT: Power of Making

2011-10-13 Thread Harry Veeder
-- Power of Making http://vimeo.com/2984 What do words like craft and skill mean in 2011? That is one of the questions that the exhibition ‘Power of Making’ seeks to answer. This film delves into the working lives of four makers: shoe designer Marloes ten Bhömer, crochet dermist Shauna

RE: [Vo]:Analysis by Bob Higgins

2011-10-13 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Hi Horace, Sorry! I didn't mean to be a pest, but I didn't even get an ACK that indicated you had seen my post (or personal email) about this issue... next time, if possible, just a quick note to indicate that you saw the post or email and are working on it... for a trivial issue I wouldn't care,