Higgins Bob-CBH003 <bob.higg...@motorolasolutions.com> wrote: One of the reasons that Rossi may not wish to run a very long test is that > I suspect that HE is the control mechanism. When it is run > in self-sustaining mode, after some period it will need to be > briefly reheated to stabilize the mode. If it was not in self-sustaining > mode, then it may be in greater danger of thermal run-away . . .
This is what Rossi has said on many occasions. He says he cannot leave the thing, especially in self-sustaining mode. They left it alone for many hours during the 18 hour test in February. It was not self-sustaining. When they first turned on during that test, it briefly went up to much higher power levels, with the output thermocouple registering 40°C. Rossi was reportedly frightened by this. You would have to be crazy not to be frightened by this. I think it was going out of control. In my opinion, back in February Rossi had little control over this reaction. I sure hope he now knows much more about it now. This is one of the reasons I was afraid the thing might explode during the 1 MW reactor test. In the patent, Rossi claims that a large reactor ran for many months unattended in Italy. He listed the address. Several Italian say they saw this machine running, so I suppose it is true. I believe there was considerable input power in this case. Apparently when the input-output ratio is low, the reaction is stable. I have no idea why that should be. - Jed
