Fran,
The patent itself specifically mentions having copper tubing internally, which is the likely source of the so-called "transmutation" copper (which is non radioactive but it should have residual counts if Rossi was correct in thinking it to be a decay product of nickel). The copper which he documents is more likely via electro-migration from the interior tubing. Rossi has given no indication that he understands electro-migration. The suggestion for thermistor heating (at least the possibility thereof) came from me, not Rossi or the patent - and it was based on the lack of any obvious means for temperature control back to the "blue box". Thermistors, unlike ANY other form of heating that I know of (like resistance tape heating) do NOT require dedicated thermocouple feedback. That is most important, since thermistors can be controlled by monitoring their own impedance characteristics, and this is often done in industrial situations, whereas the lack of apparent control of temperature otherwise, is most problematic. IOW if "control of temperature" is of high importance, and it would seem to be given the five separate controllers when tape would only require one (or two for redundancy), then it could only be accomplished via a few limited ways 1) thermistors 2) tape-heaters plus thermocouples - in order to provide feedback 3) wireless controllers - but that is incompatible with lead shielding 4) There is control wiring visible ! Again there is zero, nada, no evidence of any kind of feedback connection, in any of the photos or videos, so we must assume either thermistor heating, lack of control, or carefully hidden wiring (or RF wireless control, which is possible but doubtful). Needless to say - if there is carefully concealed wiring from thermocouples or RTDs - that is suspicious in itself as it indicates expertise in concealment. Jones From: Roarty, Francis X My post never posted! I may have used vortex-l-requ...@eskimo.com instead of vortex-l@eskimo.com because it never showed up on the forum. It was regarding 100g NI powder that Rossi says needs replacement every 6 months. I was looking at a 100g calibration weight and a 1 L container and realized just how lost this would become in the reactor. Even in powdered form it would not fill much more than the bottom of the container. In subsequent emails someone was saying they normally use 1KG of a support with a small amount of nickel powder but can no longer find it on the forum. Please help me understand the physical arrangement here, We have 5? Thermistors separated in an 1100g mix of some support catalyst Zirconia? (1kg) and Ni powder (100g) located in a hydrogen pressurized 1 L reactor. I take it the metal reactor has some copper lining inside and is externally cooled by an intermittent water pump. I was originally assuming the reactor immediately turns any water to steam but in the second experiment with greater water flow and only a 5 degree delta I have to ask if the reactor is immersed in the coolant? Regards Fran
