[Vo]:Replicating Rossi at home

[dangyro]

Gentlemen, I am a gadgeteer (ex JPL in the '80s, worked on Shuttle  
experiments) with a small shop and I try to replicate claims such as  
Rossi-Focardi and other affordable setups.
I got a 2 deg. C anomalous rise from the Les Case deuterium/palladium  
doped activated charcoal device 10 years ago, but it was not scalable  
and the delta T was minuscule for practical purposes.
I have purchased some 3u Ni powder and will make a metal block to  
house a small ceramic tube holding the Ni with plugs of qtz wool at  
the ends to allow H2 passage.  The block will also house a cartridge  
heater and a thermocouple.  All this contained in a pipe with  
electrical and H2 feedthroughs in the caps.

You have occasionally discussed materials, purity, heating, safety  
issues.  Let's take some stabs at confirming Rossi and I will  
construct and report results as time permits. Shielding, radiation  
monitoring and emergency separation of components will be employed.

I think in most cases altruism and philanthropy regarding these  
devices is inversely proportional to their success but at 66 I think I  
will be content in helping get the world (and my neighbors) out from  
under the nasty hydrocarbon boot.  And anyway, this is already  
virtually Open Source.

Construction suggestions?  I noticed the pat. app. calls for a Ni  
coated Cu tube.

DanG