Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Harry Veeder
A visual demonstration would impress the masses. Use a real ecat and a dummy ecat with the same input power to inflate a balloon The real ecat will inflate the balloon faster. Harry On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: DJ Cravens djcrav...@hotmail.com

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:42 AM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen it claimed by a rather emotionally committed skeptic -- with some background in conducting CF runs with calorimetry -- that an adequate 19th century technology water-bath style calorimetry of the E-Cat HT would

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:38 PM, James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I'll ask the question a different way: Is there any explanation offered, even if only in an interview, by the researchers as to why they did not use normal calorimetry? In the December run, the experiment was

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: They used perfectly normal calorimetry. Normal to me means common. But I have not seen calorimetry performed with IR thermometry. Do you have some references for where it has been used? There is not the slightest

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:01 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Dennis, I don't think it would be quite so easy for Rossi to perform the experiment that you propose. It's amazing the excuses true believers contrive to explain why inferior experiments were used. If the thing is to

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:20 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: The ECAT will need adjustment depending upon the environment into which it operates. This is what should be expected. Exactly, and controlled cooling provides a way to adjust it. Sitting in the open air does not.

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I have significant experience with flow calorimeters. I would say: 1. It would end up costing much more than a few hundred dollars. True. But not more than 10k for an off-the-shelf unit. That sounds like a bargain for

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Even though I'm still wearing my skeptic's hat (that's the one with the propeller on top) isn't the argument about the need for calorimetry made irrelevant the amount of energy observed to have been generated? In other words,

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Extraordinary claims call for the most ordinary proof you can come up with. That's true for true believers. For everyone else the usual saying represents common sense, and the opinion of great thinkers from Pascal

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I still think that a standalone unplugged demo is the best approach - not high wattage and fancy instruments and lots of wires and computer programs. That would be nice, but evidently that would probably cause the

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Flow calorimetry has much to be said for it but it is more complicated and less believable than this. A lot more can go wrong with it, and usually does go wrong with it for the first several weeks. It is both more

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I have thought about that. During the initial warm up phase you would get an interesting result. After that, when it reaches a steady state, you would maintain the entire body of water at a certain temperature for

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:50 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: It will take more than just a generator and an extension cord to close the loop. Some form of energy storage will be required to do the job. To close the loop with electricity, probably yes. But if you used

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:03 PM, DJ Cravens djcrav...@hotmail.com wrote: They only need to make their sponsors happy not Crude. I hope the best for them. Hey, if you're referring to me, I'm with you all the way on the self-sustaining water-tank heating demo. So the insult is particularly

[Vo]:ECat Rossi Official website being Updated

2013-06-04 Thread Ron Kita
Greetings Vortex-L, As most know, Rossi s official website gets infrequently updated. This morning the site was down for an update: http://www.ecat.com Update= a Biggie or a yawn? Respectfully, Ron Kita, Chiralex Doylestown PA

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I do not understand what you have in mind here. Nature allows us to do some things and not others. We have to work with what nature allows, not what we would wish for in an ideal universe.[...] Obviously with more

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:18 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: The best proof is one that has the least possibility of error. Or the least possibility of error that favors the ecat, or the least possibility of tampering. An isolated ecat eliminates input tampering. A heated tank of

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: Indeed, making steam and using it to, say, drive a car across Italy without stopping would be pretty damn convincing. Nice to see you can envision a demo that would convince skeptics. Unfortunately the actual demos don't

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: There was a time when this field desperately needed a standalone self powered reactor to prove the reaction is real. That is because absolute power was low, ranging from 5 to 100 W. However, now that Rossi has

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Dr. Richard L. Garwin is alive and well and will likely live to have his tea. If you believe Rothwell and Roberson, skeptics will never have to concede, because no application of cold fusion is obvious enough to make

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: If the device cannot self-power, it is still valuable with a lower COP, the proverbial hot water or space heater - A COP of 3 is not useful if the electricity was made with fossil fuels at an efficiency of 1/3. That's a

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: If it is real it is the most important advance in technology since the discovery of fire. If the scientific community is convinced it is real, every industrial corporation and university will be hard at work on this.

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: WHY are you so certain that wattmeters do not work?!? You know that's not the objection. There is no chance Rossi can fool one, and if the people doing the test have any doubt about that, they can bring a portable

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.comwrote: Portable generator is also fine and even better, because it leaves very little room for tricks and doubt. But after 10 or so demonstrations we have had only one portable generator and that also was brought by Rossi.

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Onze helden zijn terug! (Our heroes are back!)

2013-06-04 Thread Craig
I'm sure you've seen this one, as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQLCZOG202k On 06/03/2013 09:14 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: See a flash mob performance celebrating the reopening of the Rijksmuseum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=a6W2ZMpsxhg This kind of thing is

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Nothing in the recent test was brought by Rossi. This test was a hands-off black box test, exactly what the skeptics have been demanding. It seems you will not take yes for an answer. So much nonsense. The test was

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Leading scam hypothesis does assume that Giuseppe Levi is a scammer and he is as bad as Rossi. And he brought most of the instruments. I see. And these other co-authors

Re: [Vo]:new hypothesis to confute regarding input energy in Ecat test

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:55 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Why not give a direct answer to a direct question. Do you agree that the COP is greater than 1? Yes or no? Read the reply again, with particular attention to the first word. I would have thought that elaboration

Re: [Vo]:new hypothesis to confute regarding input energy in Ecat test

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:59 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: No reason for any of your issues is given except that there is no reason that you are aware of to do what makes sense to most other engineers and scientists on the list. 3-phase is not needed. He ran higher power

Re: [Vo]:new hypothesis to confute regarding input energy in Ecat test

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:09 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: I admit that I do not believe that the magnetic field is important in this case. I am very pleased to see that some progress is being made. It is not too close to zero with this particular geometry Well, the

Re: [Vo]:new hypothesis to confute regarding input energy in Ecat test

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:17 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.netwrote: If you genuinely want an explanation of how the eCAT is positive feedback, which Dave is trying to do, backed up by his model, then it requires following a line of reasoning. Wrong discussion. The question of COP

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The effects of heat and the use of heat to control chemical and nuclear reactions is well established. Perhaps, but elsewhere I asked for an example where the addition of heat is used to control a positive thermal

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 10:35 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Applying more heat to make it stop is not what he does. He ceases to apply the excess drive heat to make it stop. This is 180 degrees different. The extra drive power to the resistors is added to the internal power

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 10:44 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: The group at moletrap has a hobby of trying to debunk anything that they do not understand. You should have realized by now that these clowns can not admit when they are shown in error to keep up appearances of

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 11:07 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Cude and the others of this group can not accept that LENR is anything except for a scam. Not true in my case. I think most of LENR research is not a scam; it is probably just pathological science. But I don't even

Re: [Vo]: Interesting Information Contained in Output Temperature Curve Shape

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:57 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: There is a wealth of information contained within the shape of the output temperature curve associated with operation of the ECAT. That's total speculative and nonsensical over-interpretation. It's based in the

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:11 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: No problem, I will meet you here in a couple of years and we can compare notes. Good, but I was hoping you'd be able to tell us now if you might get a little skeptical if the hot cat has a similar fate that the steam

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:13 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: I am attempting to keep you form getting banned since I want to use you to clear up a number of issues. It is hoped that you will go back to the other skeptics and then set them straight. Garbage. You don't need

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:25 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Maybe we are making headway in this discussion. Can I assume that you are now saying that the hot cat can actually produce heat by some unknown process? So far it is not clear that you accept this premise. For

Re: [Vo]:OT: scrabble challenge

2013-06-04 Thread Rob Dingemans
Hi, An appropriate anagram of cold fusion would be ;-) : Coils Found Kind regards, Rob

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:08 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Josh, once you understand how the ECAT uses heat for control you will realize that the heat can not be applied continuously. Well, you're gonna have to explain it if you expect me to understand it. And then you're

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ** Yes it was a poor analogy, but so what? Cude’s analysis is wrong no matter how much he obfuscates and by jumping on a poor analogy – he does not gain credibility. ** Which analogy is that? I was suggesting

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: But I think you misunderstood. I was not referring to new science theories there. I was saying that it's common sense that if Rossi's claims

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: No, you don't. Plenty of ICEs (outboards, motorcycles) run without batteries. Car engines would run without batteries too, unless they use some

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So if the ecat already makes heat, it should self-sustain on that. Like combustion. I passed

Re: [Vo]:Sonoluminescence

2013-06-04 Thread francis
Hi Axil, very plausible theory! Explains radioactive decay anomalies and at lesser levels will fit most of the different categories. sonoluminescence, plasma engines. Ni H in powders or skeletal cats. I would only suggest the H2O as the difference with LeClair vs H2 for Rossi and Mills not the

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: There is a third possibility as well. The reaction is localized, and it depends upon an elevated temperature to kick off. But the local region is destroyed by the reaction, so you have apply heat once more to initiate

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 3:22 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Eric, The resistive heating requirement is to be able to reverse the temperature excursion at the proper time by removing the extra input. Constant heat input will result in the destruction of the device when useful

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Jouni Valkonen
On Jun 4, 2013, at 2:26 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: Leading scam hypothesis does assume that Giuseppe Levi is a scammer and he is as bad as Rossi.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 4:10 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Eric, Model 1 appears to be more in line with what I suspect is happening except for the explanation of the lack of external heat for control issue. You need to consider that the peak heat power being generated

Re: [Vo]: DC Meter Cheat Spice Model to be Replicated

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 9:21 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: I have requested that Cude or any others interested in finding the truth construct a similar model and prove me wrong. I never made any claims about dc rectification. I said that the experimental design leaves

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:36 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: This is a good start Josh. I think I can explain that to you since you seem to be a pretty sharp guy. Thank you Mr Roberson for that kind compliment. Unfortunately it also takes an explanation that is realistic and

Re: [Vo]:Ekstrom critique of Levi et al.

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:47 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: So, do you need help with that spice model? You're just repeating your arguments and ignoring the responses I've already given to them. Obviously I have no proof. How could I? True believers insist on an explanation of

Re: [Vo]:Ekstrom critique of Levi et al.

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: The tactic of the obstructionist is to avoid dealing with the case The avoidance here is from the true believers who insist that any alternative explanation must described in detail, whereas they refuse to explain the

Re: [Vo]:Ekstrom critique of Levi et al.

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 11:35 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: It is apparent that Mr. Cude does not have a valid case and is not willing to discuss the issues. I've written a lot of words, so obviously I'm willing to discuss. I'm kind of outnumbered here, so it's not possible to

Re: [Vo]:Ekstrom critique of Levi et al.

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.comwrote: Put yourself in the shoes of those 7 scientists who have placed

Re: [Vo]:Adding Energy to get Energy

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: Anyway the Farnsworth Fusor is a fusion reactor that many high school level students have built, including Conrad. It involves adding electrical energy in order to achieve LENR reactions. Sound familiar, Joshua? You

Re: [Vo]:Adding Energy to get Energy

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.comwrote: We are taking about two different phenomenon of nature. Trying to use the same concepts and words to describe both results in confusion. Those of us who have studied cold fusion for the last 23 years have a definition

[Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Mr. Beaty, When I opened up my mail box this morning I was flooded with over 40 posted messages from Joshua Cude. And it's only 7:10 AM in the morning. I know of no one within the Vort Collective besides Cude that has displayed this amount of excessive and obsessive posting behavior. How many

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jouni Valkonen jounivalko...@gmail.com wrote: That is true. The risk for Levi is negligible and he can always claim ignorance. The risk is that his reputation would be shattered. He would be forced to retire at least. So If Levi is making few dozens of kiloeuros extra money with Rossi

Re: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: But at what point does this incessant (IMO) kind posting behavior considered a nuisance and hindrance to on-going Vortex discussions? It is not a problem. Just filter the messages out. Frankly, I do not see why you raise the

Re: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread Vorl Bek
On Tue, 4 Jun 2013 07:35:47 -0500 OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson orionwo...@charter.net wrote: Mr. Beaty, When I opened up my mail box this morning I was flooded with over 40 posted messages from Joshua Cude. And it's only 7:10 AM in the morning. I know of no one within the Vort

Re: [Vo]:new hypothesis to confute regarding input energy in Ecat test

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Finally, a direct answer to a simple question. Although you still leave it up to me to interpret the response. Unless you say otherwise, I now accept that you do not believe that there is any level of internally generated heat being released during this test series. With this position, it

Re: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread Kevin O'Malley
The guy is a liar. I showed how he's doing his probability wrong, because he assumes EVERY one of 14,700 replications is in error. He just keeps repeating his error: No, you don't know your mathematics, because that's like saying that the chance of rolling 10 sixes out of 60 dice is (1/6)^10.

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Cude, You always over simplify the system. If these types of devices were easy to control and to work with, everyone could do it. How much time do you think Rossi should devote to trying to prove this to skeptics with your opinion? I think he should concentrate his efforts upon those that

[Vo]:Heating an Olympic pool to boiling

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
There has been some discussion here as to whether you could heat an Olympic pool to boiling with a 900 W heater. The answer is no, you cannot. In fact there is no way you could even detect this much heat with that much water. As I mentioned that is the heat from two people swimming. That does not

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Nope, each takes a lot of engineering effort to achieve. When did you become an expert on the design of ECATs? You don't even believe they work in the first place, how can you offer solutions to the problems? Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To:

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Try to be serious Cude. You know that you would find fault with any test system regardless of its performance. Your record speaks for itself. Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 7:02 am Subject: Re:

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Cude, I was of the understanding that you have accepted the accuracy of the thermal imaging output power measurement. Are you now returning to that lost cause? Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013

Re: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com wrote: The guy is a liar. I doubt that. I get a sense he is somewhat innumerate. People who claim that 14,700 tests are all errors do not have a strong grasp of probability, or the basis of experimental science. I am sure he sincerely believes that. No one

RE: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Jones Beene
Wrong. The ECat at low gain would be valuable to the segment of the population whose only affordable alternative is a resistance space heater COP=1 versus LENR heater COP=3. Next is the home electric water heater. For them, net power for heat is cut by two thirds. DoE says space heating and water

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Do you promise to accept the results if he uses one of these calorimeters? Why do I think not? Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 7:07 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe... On Mon,

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Wrong again Cude. No one has ever claimed that an ECAT has run in SSM without connection to the power mains. Read what Rossi has written. His definition of SSM is restricted to a brief period of time during which the device is slowly cooling off but generating internal heat. Controlled

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote, regarding a COP of 3: Wrong. The ECat at low gain would be valuable to the segment of the population whose only affordable alternative is a resistance space heater COP=1 versus LENR heater COP=3. There are not many people like that in the first world.

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: No matter how difficult it is to control the thing at higher COPs, methods will be found, and then perfected. This control problem only seems to be an issue with the high temperature Hot Cat model. At moderate temperatures Rossi ran for long periods with less input power, and a much

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Again, how confident are you that controlled cooling will perform this function? I have serious doubts that it is easy and you have serious doubts that it is possible at all. Please tell us how sure you are that this will work? Do you now believe that the ECAT is real? Dave

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Cude, you are consistent at least. You are like a Mary Yugo on steroids. Both of you repeat your statements over and over and they have no substance. I just proved your DC cheat trick inert and the others you insist upon depend upon Rossi running a scam so you have nothing but straws. I

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
How much of an impact will it have upon you (Cude) to hear that an ECAT self distructed because the input control was removed? Hum, seems like that has been stated. Get real, admit that there is no level of performance that would convince you except for the next one you dig up. Dave

RE: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread DJ Cravens
must be connected to the mains--bingo- if your process requires electrical input you must have a high COP. The conversion from heat back into electrical power places restrictions on you ability to make it self sustaining. IF you can get heat out at around 300C you theoretically could self

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
You know that we are just being truthful Cude. The evidence is overwhelming at this point but you do not see it. And I have tried to educate you about how heat controls the ECAT and you fail to understand. Frankly, I do not know what else can be done except to have you burn yourself sitting

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
So why would you want to buy three tons of coal to generate electricity if only one ton were needed? Rossi has pointed out on several occasions that his device will operate with gas heating. Would you prefer to put out that extra carbon dioxide and pay the extra cost for the coal if you had

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread Jed Rothwell
DJ Cravens djcrav...@hotmail.com wrote: must be connected to the mains--bingo- if your process requires electrical input you must have a high COP. Where did that graph come from? Did you make it? I have never heard of mechanical work from temperatures below 100 deg C. By the way, I

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
That is right Josh, keep raising the bar. There has been sufficient proof shown so far and you and your friends have not accepted it. Why should Rossi think that any additional level of proof would be anything but a waste of his time? He is smarter than you realize. I can hardly wait for

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Why don't you review the actual peak input drive levels required Josh? Once you understand how it operates your statement will become non sense even to you. Some form of energy storage will be required as has been said several times. Please try to understand the system. Dave

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Cude, I hope that one day you will be subjected to the same level of scrutiny as you love to throw at everyone else. To claim that these men are all scamming is contemptuous. To deny that all the previous replications by various labs is fake or due to ignorance is beyond belief. We would be

RE: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread DJ Cravens
I just ripped it off the net. It is just the limiting Carnott efficiency 1-t/T like. Yes there are small Stirlings that can convert down in the sub 100C range fairly efficiently, but with them you would have to go heatmechanical electrical control you cell. Peltiers give you direct

RE: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Jed, you admit that you haven't read most of his postings so you haven't a clue. He is a liar. His goal is to debunk. That should be obvious. He has violated a number of rules, and we have been quite tolerant. 10% of his verbal diarrhea is useful, but the rest is sweeping generalizations,

RE: [Vo]:Heating an Olympic pool to boiling

2013-06-04 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
It occurred to me that if heat energy becomes free enough, you could use it to sterilize a swimming pool by putting the heater in the circulation pump line and boiling, then condensing the water back to its original temperature briefly as it travels through the plumbing. A circulation pump can

Re: [Vo]: DC Meter Cheat Spice Model to be Replicated

2013-06-04 Thread James Bowery
Yes when a pseudoskeptic comes up with a scattershot of arguments in the alternative it is thought crime to take one of them and determine its veracity so as to eliminate a possibility. The pseudoskeptic's purpose is not for you to evaluate the arguments but to be frightened of thinking. On

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
I find it interesting that one who avoids any quantitative work would expect others to supply him with that information. josh, it would be a major waste of my time to do as you ask since it would be amazing for you to even take a glance at the data. I do admit that Rossi has done an

Re: [Vo]: DC Meter Cheat Spice Model to be Replicated

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
I recall you taking up the DC cheating issue from your friend. You are searching for straws and wishing to throw as much non sense into the fray as possible. This is your technique to confuse people who are monitoring the site. They will not realize that you do not have a clue since all

Re: [Vo]:Ekstrom critique of Levi et al.

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Josh, back to the same type of arguments. A long list that would be exhaustive to anyone reading is not the way to sort this out. I refuse to react to this non sense. Why do you not understand my explanation as to how heat can be used in a positive feedback system as a control? It is

Re: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread Ruby
Scientific background's can be manufactured on the spot. Big deal! Ruby Carat Bachelor's in Physics Master's in Math Free jazz musician (All true) Best credential? No afraid to ask questions and admit ignorance. But I sure don't want to confuse Cude with my booklearnin... On 6/4/13

Re: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Dennis, please look at the many descriptions that have been written about why the COP must be beyond a certain level to supply itself without having problems. A COP of 2 to 1 could not make enough electricity to supply the drive by any means. Electronic control required electrical energy and

RE: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread Robert Ellefson
... at what point does this incessant (IMO) kind posting behavior considered a nuisance and hindrance to on-going Vortex discussions? Now, if Cude is genuinely making a good contribution I'll have nothing more to say on this matter. But it would be interesting to hear a consensus on how

Re: [Vo]:Heating an Olympic pool to boiling

2013-06-04 Thread Alain Sepeda
electricity is more efficient for that: Adamant Technologies SA have developed a technology to clean water with electrolysis and doped diamond coated electrodes. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=32571440 It is under chapter11 because they could not

Re: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Robert, Please forgive me for responding to Cude and perhaps allowing his non sense to escape the filter. I will restrict that situation from this point forth. I feel badly for how I have contributed to this mess, but he was directly attacking me and I hated to just stand by and let his

RE: [Vo]:Over 40 messages posted by Joshua Cude posted on June 4

2013-06-04 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Vorl: You haven't a clue either... When it comes to LENR, there is overwhelming evidence, and most of the people on this forum who 'appear' as TBs, have read the literature, so to call them TBs is in error; they are basing their decision on having read the evidence themselves. To someone who

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Onze helden zijn terug! (Our heroes are back!)

2013-06-04 Thread Terry Blanton
There are bad ones too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHyug2PvpB8

RE: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe...

2013-06-04 Thread DJ Cravens
that is why I said: if your process requires electrical input you must have a high COP. for a real world device when you have to also make electrical conversion, fight heat losses, power to the controlling units, and such. You may want to re read my post. But also realize that Ecats

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