It is unfortunate that Mr. Rossi did not use all three cores of his ECAT for
the October 6, 2011 test. The results would have indicated at least 2 times
the observed energy production.
I have completed an extensive review of the data collected during that October
6 test and it is apparent that we missed the big show. It is not clear as to
why Rossi chose to limit the ECAT to the 1 core test case, but I suspect that
it was part of his plan to dazzle the world with the October 28 demonstration.
It is possible that the control of the 1 MW system was more difficult than
Rossi anticipated which led to the decision to throttle it back to 470 kW. In
my opinion, the demonstration of the system at the reduced power level for the
extensive period of time was not a major failure. It would have been
surprising if the test had achieved all that Rossi expected since many unknown
problems often arise with complex systems such as this.
The worst issue that we face is the continued barrage of criticism on this list
that mainly is a result of the skeptic’s total disbelief in anything related to
cold fusion. I wonder if they would have been swayed had the data demonstrated
the dramatic excess energy that I calculated with 3 cores. I have a feeling
that something else would have given them reason to complain.
Dave
