"The only possibility to fool the power-meter then is to raise the DC
voltage on all the four lines"
This turns out not to be the case. You could also draw DC current
through any of the lines, which current would not register on the
clamps. The simplest way to do this would be just to use a diode in
series with the heating element.
Since power = current x voltage x pf, it is NOT necessary to change the
voltage in order to change the power.
Duncan
On 5/26/2013 2:21 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
A Swedish correspondent sent me this link:
http://www.energikatalysatorn.se/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=560&sid=5450c28dab532569dee72f88a43a56f0&start=330
This is a discussion in Swedish, which Google does a good job
translating. Before you translate it, you will see that in the middle
of it is a message from one of the authors, Torbjörn Hartman, in
English. Here it is, with a few typos corrected.
QUOTE:
Remember that there were not only three clamps to measure the
current on three phases but also four connectors to measure the
voltage on the three phases and the zero/ground line. The protective
ground line was not used and laid curled up on the bench. The only
possibility to fool the power-meter then is to raise the DC voltage on
all the four lines but that also means that the current must have an
other way to leave the system and I tried to find such hidden
connections when we were there. The control box had no connections
through the wood on the table. All cables in and out were
accounted for. The E-cat was just lying on the metal frame that was
only free-standing on the floor with no cables going to it. The little
socket, where the mains cables from the wall connector where connected
with the cables to the box and where we had the clamps, was screwed to
the wood of the bench but there was no screws going through the metal
sheet under the bench. The sheet showed no marks on it under the
interesting parts (or elsewhere as I remember it). Of course, if the
white little socket was rigged inside and the metal screws was long
enough to go just through the wood, touching the metal sheet
underneath, then the bench itself could lead current. I do
not remember if I actually checked the bench frame for cables
connected to it but I probably did. However, I have a close-up picture
of the socket and it looks normal and the screws appear to be of
normal size. I also have pictures of all the connectors going to the
powermeter and of the frame on the floor. I took a picture every day
of the connectors and cables to the powermeter in case anyone would
tamper with them when we were out.
I lifted the control box to check what was under it and when doing so
I tried to measure the weight and it is muck lighter than a car
battery. The box itself has a weight, of course, and what is in it can
not be much.
All these observations take away a number of ways to tamper with
our measurements but there can still be things that we "didn't think
of" and that is the reason why we only can claim "indications of" and
not "proof of" anomalous heat production. We must have more control
over the whole situation before we can talk about proof.
Best regards,
Torbjörn
END QUOTE
- Jed
