No, it does not. What happens is that the diode rectifies the mains to
DC, and the DC is not sensed by the clamp-type current meter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_clamp
No tampering with the mains itself would be necessary if one were to use
a diode.
Duncan
On 5/26/2013 5:34 PM, Eric Walker wrote:
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Duncan Cumming
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I am not trying to assert anything as fact. I am merely pointing
out that a simple diode inside the controller box (to which access
was forbidden by Rossi) COULD HAVE given the observed results. I
am NOT saying that it, in fact, did, merely speculating that it
could have.
Am I right in understanding that this line of reasoning requires
tampering with the mains itself, where the electrical measurements
were made, in addition to any sly customizations that might have been
made at the controller?
Eric
