My response, posted at the blog: You asked: "Do you think APATOR will like this? Or any other flowmeter manufacturer."
Apator's manual specifically warns the user that the entire pipe volume must be full of water. The flow meter will not function properly otherwise. See: Apator PoWoGaz Operating Instructions, section 6.6 in document I-EN-2-003/2013, Operating Instructions, Flange water meters DN40 - 500. Rossi deliberately ran his flow meter in a pipe that was half-full, or less than half full. So it registered the flow rate far too high. Apator's manual specifically warned him not to do this. Any guide to flowmeters warns against this. Unless the flowmeter is specifically designed to work with a mixture of liquid and gas, this never works. If you ignore the manual and use an instrument incorrectly, it is not the manufacturer's fault. No one would blame the manufacturer. So it makes no sense to ask whether they would "like" this. If you buy a Ford car, drain the oil, and drive it until the engine is destroyed, no one would blame Ford for that. They would say you are a destructive idiot for ignoring common sense instructions in the manual. That is what Rossi did with this flowmeter. I am sure it was deliberate, just as the backflow error induced by Defkalion was deliberate. Both techniques were used to defraud people by producing fake, high flow rate readings. Rossi used similar techniques with his other instruments to produce fake excess heat. Careful checks by I.H. experts revealed that he had no excess heat at all.
