On 02/18/2011 06:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > Putt putt boats draw in water which flashes into steam and is then ejected > mostly as fluid. Given that the water was delivered to Rossi's device in > pulses, > it seems possible that it also ejected water in pulses, at least to some > extent, > as the leading edge of each pulse flashed into steam. Since the outlet was > directed down a drain this might not be noticed. > > IOW "that's the pump" may also have been the concurrent sound of a pulse of > water being ejected. >
Sigh.... Excellent point. We have been told that for most of the demo the hose was sealed into a drain, with the effluent not visible to anyone. Consequently, as you say, the thing could have been spitting a mixture of water and steam for most of the demo without anyone being the wiser. Quite some time back I wrote that it seemed clear the steam was pretty dry, based in large part on the assumption that the end of the hose was visible throughout the run. I was quite wrong; in fact it's not even necessarily true that the "steam" was actually steam for the whole duration of the run. Too bad the details of the so-called RH measurements weren't published, eh? The published reports on this demo are so far from being anything deserving of the name "paper" that it's laughable. Really, there was so much wrong with this demonstration, I think it's fair to say that the only apparently solid evidence that this device actually works comes from *other* demonstrations which have been done, for which there are no published reports at all -- in other words, all we've got is HEARSAY. My current guess is that, in the end, this is going to be a PR disaster for cold fusion, particularly since a number of sincere cold fusion advocates seem totally convinced that it's real, and are not shy about telling people so. > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > > >
