On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:05 PM, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote:
Both the EU Cells and the US Cells were switched on and BOTH indicated > excess energy as the cells came to equilibrium at higher temperatures than > during the calibration tests. The EU cell with the active wire was > indicating up to 2.5W of excess power over the 30.4W input power (~6% > excess). That is well above the 95% confidence limits for that cell > (~0.25W). The US Cell was indicating approximately 1.4 watts excess, > again, well above the ~0.5W confidence interval. Very exciting to see > something positive and especially simultaneous. > It is encouraging to hear that MFMP are seeing excess heat. But we should not get too excited yet; 2.5 W and 1.4 W are small values, and 95 percent confidence is only two standard deviations from noise. I have heard that scientists often look for 5 standard deviations (5 sigma). For the MFMP calorimeters currently being used, with the glass and the SB equation, I suspect it will not be that convincing for people until they see 10-20 W excess heat (integrated excess power, including periods of endotherm). I recall Paul Hunt saying they needed very convincing results with the glass assemblies for them to be convincing to anyone. The control cells in each location are performing at or below calibration > values. > Perhaps someone here knows -- is it a problem if a control cell performs below the calibration values? The internal cell temperatures seem to be slowly degrading, but the > external cell temperatures are holding steady. > Another weird thing to try to understand. Eric
