-----Original Message----- From: H LV > The 'self-sustaining' phase that follows represents the release of energy > which was being stored while the power was on.
Harry - If you are talking about Fig2 - the May run, that conclusion is not supported by the facts, since --- when the power was turned off - the heat first increased for hours, which cannot easily happen from a stored source, and then continued on for ~60 more hours at a significant rate - without the slightest reduction. (according to the chart). OTOH - it was brain-dead for the Jiang team to then try to restart the heater at that point - if the experimenters knew the unpowered gain was continuing. They should have let the gain subside first before restarting. By not letting the gain subside, they tacitly could be admitting that it was a relic of measurement, instead of reliable data.
