From: Alan Fletcher
The IR literature recently posted here shows that IR calorimetry CAN give temperatures with 2% accuracy. In principle yes – BUT Alan, you know very well that this assumes a blackbody radiator – and the Williamson analysis and the spokesperson’s direct talks to Brian Ahern made it clear that this is NOT A BLACKBODY radiator - and the results could be way off. Thus the Lugano report is meaningless without confirmation from a calibrated thermocouple. AF - (Not to mention that Rossi has access to the internal thermocouple, so he's now probably more interested in the distribution of heat and how to get it out of the tube.) Well that is the very crux of the issue, isn’t it? Failure to do the obvious. The Lugano team should have used a platinum thermocouple and there would be not dispute, if the readings matched. Their incompetence is staggering. Jones
