Harry Veeder wrote:
What makes you sure that COP measurements are not vital to understanding the phenomena?
I think this question is addressed to Ed Storms, but he is probably sick of responding, so let me answer one last time.
The required level input power is governed by mundane electrochemical considerations, such as the distance between the anode and the cathode. These considerations are well understood, so there is no point to bothering with them. We can improve the COP anytime, but that proves nothing and contributes nothing to our understanding of the phenomenon. A cold fusion cell is not designed to be efficient or to have a high COP; it is designed to reveal something important about the phenomenon. In some cases, generating a high COP would actually interfere with the observations you are trying to perform. In other cases it would simply waste the researcher's time and money.
As I mentioned, the only reason anyone wants to raise the COP is to improve the calorimetry, and increase the s/n ratio. This can also be done by other means, which are sometimes easier or better.
- Jed
