Presumably the external band heater is necessary for the smaller E-cat because the internal heater cannot provide enough heat at start up unlike the internal heater
of the larger E-cat. So while the external _heater_ may not be necessary, the extra _heat_ is necessary for start-up. A useful analogy may be made with the necessary conditions for making a fire without a match. Such a fire requires three things 1) a supply of fresh air 2) dry grass as a fuel (rather than green grass), and 3) sufficient heat initially provided by rubbing two sticks together or the spark from striking flint or sunlight focused through a magnifying lens. Similarly the E-Cat requires 1) a supply of fresh hydrogen gas, 2) powdered nickel as fuel (rather than solid nickel) and sufficient heat initially provided by a resistance heater. A fire can be controlled by reducing the supply of fresh air, removing the fuel or by cooling it. The latter is not practical in the case of most fires. However, it appears the E-Cat's "fire" as a practical matter can be controlled by cooling. Harry > >From: Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> >To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >Sent: Sun, May 8, 2011 12:10:07 AM >Subject: Re: [Vo]:RE: Supersizing the BJT > > >The Principle of operation: (the secret process that makes the Cat-E go) >between > >the small 2.5 kw reactor in which the band heater is used and the 10 kw Cat-E >in > >which only the internal heater is used is the same. > > >Logically, the band heater does not drive or in any way affect the “secret” >motive force behind the Rossi reactor. > > >If the external band heater were a driver of the reaction and since the big >Cat-E does not have one, then the big Cat-E should not work … but it does. > > >Logic says that the external band heater is not central to the basic >mechanisms >of the Cat-E and it is just a startup source of heat. > >
