On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Perhaps you miss the point about the hydrogen. It has to be completely >>> removed from the Ni or you may get a cold fusion reaction. It will not be >>> blank. >>> >> >> Let's see if that's true. I doubt it. It's easily tested. >> > > No, it is remarkably difficult to test whether the hydrogen is left in the > metal. > > > >> How about a brand new E-cat? It will be innocent of hydrogen. There's >> not a lot of hydrogen in room air. >> > > I doubt they expose the powder to room air. I assume it is shipped in > a vacuum or in nitrogen. > So, then, no hydrogen. Then it's remarkably easy to use nickel without hydrogen. You're not making sense. > I very much doubt that anyone will persuade Rossi to do any sort of blank >> test so this is pretty academic at this point. >> > > Actually, he has already done blank tests, including the one on Oct. 6. > > There are long segments during which input balanced output. > No there weren't, and if there were, there is no way to know it. During the warm-up, especially before the water is boiling, the output is much less than the input. > Some of these are followed by segments in which the power was turned off > and the temperature declined rapidly. > When the flow rate was increased dramatically. > Those are blanks. There is blank as anything can be. > No. There is no independent way to know when the claimed reactions is occurring. The blank should be a run in which observers can be sure the reactants are not available for the claimed reaction. > 1. Use instruments that have been corrupted and produce fake numbers. To > do a blank, you would simply adjust instruments to reflect the true balance > between input and output. > > 2. Install a hidden source of input power. To do a blank with this, you > simply turn off the hidden source. > > Obviously, a blank can be faked too, and would only be credible if independent observers handled the devices, and best if Rossi was not even aware which ecat was the blank one. This would be easy to set up in principle, but impossible with Rossi.
