I don't think "a couple hundred bucks" would cover the spa-based system you describe. "On the cheap" is relative.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:29 PM, DJ Cravens <[email protected]> wrote: > If the device was in the 1 to 5 kW range, then a simple hot tub should > work. A typical 6 foot spa heats at about 1 degree F per hour at 1 kW. > That, some copper tubing coils, and a utility pole meter should be enough. > If you really wanted to be sure no extra wiring/power was going into it, > perhaps a 1kW gas generator..... > > I personally think heating two hot tubs side by side - one with a ecat and > one with a R would be a fair demo and a fairly good "proof". > > For smaller units (1 to 100W), perhaps heating a tea pot would be > reasonable. > > So yes, I think it could be "done on the cheap". > > However, realize Rossi's purpose is not to prove the science. I don't > think he is things in the best way, but the science should be done in > controlled science labs- The development in a warehouse perhaps heating a > pool. People who want proof and science should do their own experiments. > Anything else will not be adequate for those purposes. > > > D2 > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:42:07 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Vo]:A Couple Hundred Bucks Maybe... > > > I've seen it claimed by a rather emotionally committed skeptic -- with > some background in conducting CF runs with calorimetry -- that an adequate > 19th century technology water-bath style calorimetry of the E-Cat HT would > cost "a couple hundred bucks maybe...". Obviously if this is true then the > $20,000 budget for the E-Cat HT test available to Levi et al (2013) would > have been more than adequate. Clearly, if this estimate is accurate then > it is easy to understand why a skeptic might get emotionally committed to > discounting the report: > > Why bother issuing such a report unless you were trying to mind-f*ck > everyone? > > Of course, I can come up with any of a variety of *plausible*explanations for > why this "couple hundred bucks" estimate may be way off > but then I haven't actually conducted calorimetry on CF runs. > > So the question is "Did this skeptic get emotional because his estimate is > correct or did he come up with his estimate because he was an emotional > pseudo-skeptic?" > >
