Please do not forget, Piantelli had a cell working with no input, at 70W already in 2000. Then his lab was relocated more times and his progress has slowed down. But now he is working again . Therefore a working zero input E-cat is quite "naturaL' even if as Rossi claims, the two Ni-H LENR processes are not related Peter
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > What took so long? >> > > Nothing took so long. They have been doing tests without input for a couple > of years. Levi described one in December. However, Rossi claims this mode of > running is dangerous because it cannot be controlled. This has often been > discussed here. It is listed here: > > > http://www.peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Andrea_A._Rossi_Cold_Fusion_Generator:Rossi%27s_Hints > > "The reaction can be made self-sustaining with the resistance heaters > turned off. This was done in a preliminary test with U. Bologna professors. > (SL)" > > > This is “good-news/bad-news” in a way. But it totally expected. In short, >> it can be shown logically that multiple units of any thermally triggered, >> overunity device MUST be amenable to operation with no input energy, once >> started. >> > > I don't see why. That is like saying an internal combustion engine should > be able to run with the fuel pump turned off. > > > >> IOW – this result is completely expected . . . >> > > It is not "expected." That implies future tense. This result has already > been reported. (It is conceivable that the reports are untrue, but in any > case, something that has already reported cannot be "expected.") > > - Jed > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com