--- Christopher Arnold wrote: > Is anyone here seriously interested in a > Breakthrough Energy source and does anyone else here > realize how important Chernetski's work was?
We all realize how important it could have been IF it were true. Mark and I recieved the follwoing note from Hal a couple of days ago, and I don't think he will mind me posting the relevant points regarding his work and investigation along these lines, as there does appears to be alot of misconceptions floating about: "I did go to Moscow and got from him [Chernetskii] the circuit diagrams and, in fact, a complete book he had written on his effect, plus reports from others on his device (though I did not see his device in operation - they were in the process of transferring his lab, if I recall correctly). We got on very well, and he looked to me like a son to carry on his work." "When I returned I used his information to reproduce his device, and it appeared to function spectacularly as had been described to me, i.e., when a spark discharge was ignited in the circuit, the output light bulbs burned more brightly while the current from the wall decreased dramatically. However, careful investigation with expensive energy measuring instrumentation showed that in fact there was not an overunity factor at work." [This bears repeating - EarthTech did NOT find any OU with the Cherntiskii device, even though it did appear promising] "I explained the details to Chernetskii and he said he understood that under certain conditions one would get this apparent but not real O/U operation, but nonetheless, under the right conditions O/U would take place. So I was in the process of arranging for him and his wife to come to the U.S. with his equipment for tests here when he died." "So the issue remain unresolved, though we did considerable experimentation with lour version of his setup." Hal
