I wrote:
> So, let's assume we have a test protocol such that: >> > >> > 1. The tamper-proof measuring system is taken to the lab and plugged in >> and may not be unplugged. >> > > A modern watt meter IS a tamper-proof measuring system. As I mentioned, > they are made with integrated circuits these days. You cannot open one up > and change the way it works. . . . > Having said all that, it would be cool to use a gasoline powered generator. I just checked, and they sell 3-phase portable generators. I guess you could rent one. That would shut up some of the skeptics. It would only be practical to run it for ~8 hours when people are there. Most of the small ones will not run overnight or continuously for weeks. You have to get a natural-gas fired one for that. (My sister is getting a single-phase one for her house. It is surprisingly cheap.) If it ran for only 8 hours on the generator, the skeptics would say there is a hidden battery that operated for 8 hours and after that Rossi went back to his magic electric power input. If I were Rossi or Levi, I would not lift a finger to satisfy the demands of skeptics. I would, however, use a heavy duty industrial-grade power meter. The one they used may be in that category: http://www.industrial-needs.com/technical-data/power-anlayser-PCE-830.htm I wouldn't know. It looks a smaller than the big wattmeters I saw years ago, used by power company people and Hydrodynamics, but maybe these things have shrunk, along with other test equipment. It sure has a lot of bells and whistles. - Jed
