Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-09 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Most of those postings are providing some models, some calculations… something of substance which, although however speculative, at least that speculation is backed by some numbers. There's nothing magical

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-09 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: No, Mary, the endless repetition from the same person of the same old thing is what annoys me. In one of your posts, where you interspersed your comments with the other person’s, I counted 4 or 5 instances where

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread peter . heckert
surface mounted thermocouples on pipe I wrote: Try placing at thermocouple on a hot pipe, in various spots, under various covers. You will find the differences are insignificant. I did this years ago, working at Hydrodynamics. I happen to have a nice dual input thermocouple, with a T1

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: It is necessary to think about unexpected effects: It is clear, in Rossis setup there was a thermal flow and an unwanted temperature difference close to the thermoelement. If the steam inlet was 100 degree and the water outlet was 20 degree then inbetween in

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread peter . heckert
- Original Nachricht Von: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum: 08.12.2011 15:59 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: It is necessary to think about unexpected effects

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread peter . heckert
- Original Nachricht Von: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum: 08.12.2011 15:59 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: It is necessary to think about unexpected effects

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
[I sent this message with 2 itty-bitty photos attached. It probably bounced.] Okay. I did some rudimentary tests with thermocouples taped to the outside of flexible braided 1/2 inch pipes under my bathroom sink. I can supply the gory details if anyone is interested. Summary: I measured in the

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: How can you say this is incorrect? Do you know everything, great master? I can say that because Houkes knows what he is doing, other experts agree with him, and it has been my experience that the water temperature in a pipe dominates the surface temperature even

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread peter . heckert
- Original Nachricht Von: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum: 08.12.2011 17:00 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: How can you say this is incorrect? Do you know everything

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Leguillon
: peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe - Original Nachricht Von: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum: 08.12.2011 17:00 Betreff: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Leguillon
side. Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:09:53 +0100 From: peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe - Original Nachricht Von: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum: 08.12.2011 17

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mary Yugo
All this discussion would be moot if Rossi had bothered to make a run using the electrical heater to calibrate the measurement system. It wouldn't rule out cheating but it would rule out cheating by deliberate or accidental measurement errors.

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Michele Comitini
2011/12/8 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com: [I sent this message with 2 itty-bitty photos attached. It probably bounced.] Use something like http://imgur.com/ then share the link. mic

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
HAVEN'T made before. =m From: Mary Yugo [mailto:maryyu...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:25 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe All this discussion would be moot if Rossi had bothered to make a run using the electrical

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
the influence of ambient air. Peter Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:09:53 +0100 From: peter.heck...@arcor.de To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe - Original Nachricht Von: Jed Rothwelljedrothw...@gmail.com An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Datum

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Mary yet again proves that there are now 101 ways to say the same thing… * *** we all agree the tests could have been done much better with little effort. I think that’s enough repetition that most

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Thermal insulation can be used to avoid heat loss, but because the absolute temperature was not much above ambient, not much loss is expected. Anyway, thermal isolation is cheap and would eliminate the influence of ambient air. 1. Rossi's

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Jed's well intentioned experiments won't help either unless he gets himself a heat exchanger or properly simulates it with a nice heavy steam-heated copper . . . My tests were rudimentary. But in my opinion, they helped a hell a lot more than weeks and

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The water temperature dominates. Perhaps if you had a fan blowing on the thing that would have a measurable effect. Perhaps if the thermocouple were in contact with or very close to a very hot steam duct at the input

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 08.12.2011 20:13, schrieb Jed Rothwell: Peter Heckertpeter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Thermal insulation can be used to avoid heat loss, but because the absolute temperature was not much above ambient, not much loss is expected. Anyway, thermal isolation is cheap and would eliminate the

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here are a few photos: http://lenr-canr.org/RossiData/T2%20before%20insulating.jpg http://lenr-canr.org/RossiData/T1%20and%20T2%20insulated.jpg http://lenr-canr.org/RossiData/Measuring%20water%20temp%20in%20sink.jpg By the way the hot water temperature varied from around 55°C up to 65°C.

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 08.12.2011 20:19, schrieb Jed Rothwell: Mary Yugomaryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Jed's well intentioned experiments won't help either unless he gets himself a heat exchanger or properly simulates it with a nice heavy steam-heated copper . . . My tests were rudimentary. But in my opinion,

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps if the thermocouple were in contact with or very close to a very hot steam duct at the input end of the primary loop of the heat exchanger it would have measurable effect? Perhaps it would if it were very close, but it was not close. You can see

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Houkes is right. Live with it. When you no longer have to insist repeatedly that something is right, there might be a chance that it in fact is.

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: If there is an air gap of 0.1mm between metal and thermoelement, then it is not nonsense. I doubt that. I would like to see you prove it. I do not think this would cause even a 0.1°C difference. Can you suggest a way to deliberately introduce such a

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Here are a few photos: How does this simulate a copper heat exchanger with steam at the input end where as it happens, the T out thermocouple is also located nearby? As Peter Heckert and others observed, simply

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 08.12.2011 20:53, schrieb Jed Rothwell: Peter Heckertpeter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: If there is an air gap of 0.1mm between metal and thermoelement, then it is not nonsense. I doubt that. I would like to see you prove it. I do not think this would cause even a 0.1°C difference. Can you

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: How does this simulate a copper heat exchanger with steam at the input end where as it happens, the T out thermocouple is also located nearby? Actually, I was more trying to simulate air trapped under the insulation with the hot and cold pipes right next

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Can you suggest a way to deliberately introduce such a small gap? Perhaps with a thin piece of paper instead of an air gap? A thin piece of plastics. This is also good for electrical isolation. Like Saran wrap? (What you wrap sandwiches with.) I

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 11-12-08 03:16 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Putting a heat source ~4 away on a copper pipe would bring it much closer than Rossi's arrangement, because the heat exchanger design would not be good if the heat conducted to the cold end on the outside of the pipes. The fact that heat exchangers

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 08.12.2011 21:31, schrieb Jed Rothwell: Peter Heckertpeter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Can you suggest a way to deliberately introduce such a small gap? Perhaps with a thin piece of paper instead of an air gap? A thin piece of plastics. This is also good for electrical isolation. Like

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote: In fact, the *goal* of the heat exchanger is to conduct heat from the primary to the secondary pipes, as rapidly and completely as possible. Sure, I get that. Consequently, the primary inlet and the secondary outlet are placed in extremely

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Robert Leguillon
:18 -0500 Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe From: jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: If there is an air gap of 0.1mm between metal and thermoelement, then it is not nonsense. I doubt that. I would like

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: Like Saran wrap? (What you wrap sandwiches with.) IDont know. Polyethylene nowadays. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saran_(plastic) I probably do not have Saran wrap, but I have something similar. The thermoelement must not make a hole

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
Jed, seriously: If you say, Rossis thermomeasurements are fine, does this mean that you dont see the possibility for easy and cheap improvements? All points that are discussed here can be eliminated by better thermoelement placement almost without efforts and costs. If somebody does not

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: This is exhausting. You're going to blindly believe any evidence supporting your conclusion . . . Well, two different methods give approximately the same answer is better than zero methods that you can cite. Rossi is using a herringbone

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Peter Heckert peter.heck...@arcor.de wrote: If you say, Rossis thermomeasurements are fine, does this mean that you dont see the possibility for easy and cheap improvements? Did you read what I wrote about this? What I wrote SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES?!? Here: http://lenr-canr.org/News.htm QUOTE:

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Peter Heckert
Am 08.12.2011 22:17, schrieb Jed Rothwell: If somebody does not admit this, then he must be a blind mouse. I not only admitted it, I emphasized it in my report. However, these problems -- bad as they are -- do not negate the findings. They do negate the findings. To prove a billion dollar

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: This is exhausting. You're going to blindly believe any evidence supporting your conclusion, and if I were to give you 10 distinct reasons that the thermocouple placement is crap, you'll try to dismiss one,

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mary Yugo maryyu...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for that, Robert. I hope Jed reads it with care several times. I am a bit surprised he didn't know about counterflow. Since I discussed the counterflow here previously, you are bit mistaken. I suggest you explain how a heat exchanger that is

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Did you read what I wrote about this? What I wrote SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES?!? Unfortunately repetition does not make it true. Although some experts question these results, most believe that the reactor must have produced

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Alan J Fletcher
At 12:54 PM 12/8/2011, Robert Leguillon wrote: Coming in late on this. General comments : your plastic-pipe situation is a poor model of Rossi's copper heat-exchanger manifold. Let's give you some numbers to show you how futile this is, and how Houke's method is insufficient to model the

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mary Yugo
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I suggest you explain how a heat exchanger that is ~95% efficient could conduct a great deal of heat on the outside to a themocouple beyond the outlet I think we have some difference of opinion about where exactly and

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Robert Leguillon robert.leguil...@hotmail.com wrote: 1) We don't know the flow rate of the primary, but Rossi says it's 15 l/h, and you've never known him to lie, so let's assume 15 l/h, or 4.17 g/s I don't think this can be right, because this is already

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Jed Rothwell
Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: At 12:54 PM 12/8/2011, Robert Leguillon wrote: Coming in late on this. General comments : your plastic-pipe situation is a poor model of Rossi's copper heat-exchanger manifold. Very poor. I was testing only one aspect of the claim: the effect of

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
it! Then that NEW information can be added to the Collective along with its analysis. -Mark From: Mary Yugo [mailto:maryyu...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 11:04 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe On Thu, Dec 8, 2011

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-08 Thread Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint
Mary: Regarding why I don't mind the comments from people proposing possible ways it IS happening. Most of those postings are providing some models, some calculations. something of substance which, although however speculative, at least that speculation is backed by some numbers. Would

[Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-07 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: Try placing at thermocouple on a hot pipe, in various spots, under various covers. You will find the differences are insignificant. I did this years ago, working at Hydrodynamics. I happen to have a nice dual input thermocouple, with a T1 - T2 mode, so I will try it again with a

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-07 Thread David Roberson
of the pipe exterior would reflect that of the water within unless another source of heat is contributing. Dave -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 6:04 pm Subject: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-07 Thread Mary Yugo
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote: Try placing at thermocouple on a hot pipe, in various spots, under various covers. You will find the differences are insignificant. I did this years ago, working at Hydrodynamics. I happen to have a nice

Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-07 Thread Mary Yugo
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:22 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Jed, to be a good test you would need to have a hot pipe connected metallically a short distance from the cold pipe you were measuring. It would be ideal if you could obtain a heat exchanger and make a setup very much

RE: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe

2011-12-07 Thread Robert Leguillon
it. To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will tests surface mounted thermocouples on pipe From: dlrober...@aol.com Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 18:22:26 -0500 Jed, to be a good test you would need to have a hot pipe connected metallically a short distance from the cold pipe you were measuring. It would