Since you are going there during winter, as Rossi to install an ecat for an open field camping, in front of his assembling factory, and stay there for 1 week, with heating.
2011/11/20 Aussie Guy E-Cat <aussieguy.e...@gmail.com> > I appreciate your advise and one thing an old engineer learns is to never > reinvent the wheel. I have learned to leverage other peoples experience and > knowledge. If I get to the first test of a single E-Cat module and Rossi > doesn't throw a hissy fit, you are invited but your costs are yours. Never > thought you would ask ;) 130 kWs from that Door Knob reactor still make me > nervous as I wonder what happens during a melt down? I do remember the hole > in the roof P&F experienced and that was a pissy weak reactor compared to > what Rossi has developed. Ok sure it stops when it melts, we hope, but what > happens before it stops? If 130 kWs was somewhat controlled, can these > reactors each generated 5 -10 times as much heat or more? Maybe bring a > bomb disposal suit? > > AG > > > > On 11/21/2011 3:48 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > >> E-cat guy reports that he may be able to purchase an e-cat, and he asked >> for advice about how to test it. I feel strongly about this, because I have >> spent months in on-again, off-again negotiations to perform a test. Since I >> am a veteran of failed attempts I feel I have special knowledge of how not >> to do this, so I have started a new thread to draw attention to my urgent >> suggestions. >> >> Let me first say that if you need more money I may be able to help. >> >> Now, let's go over what you SHOULD do and what you SHOULD NOT do: >> >> SHOULD DO >> >> If you have enough money to buy one of these things, you have enough to >> do the tests right. >> >> Find someone who speaks Italian, and have them find a top-notch local >> engineering firm that specializes in testing and certifying boilers. (I >> call everyone in that business "HVAC" but boiler testing may be a separate >> category in Italy. I wouldn't know about that.) >> >> Let this company handle everything. They have the instruments. They know >> the local regulations. They have done this thousands of times before. Do >> not hire a company that has not done it thousands of times. The only thing >> unusual about this job is that you need some radiation detectors for >> safety. They are cheap. >> >> You stay out of their way, but I recommend you do some simple "reality >> check" tests of your own, with handheld instruments, a stopwatch, and a >> weight scale. >> >> <ahem> Invite me! >> >> >> SHOULD NOT >> >> Do not let any large corporations or government agencies get involved. >> >> Do not let scientists get involved. No chemists, and especially no >> physicists. They do not have the right skill set, to put it diplomatically. >> >> Do not make your own instruments. >> >> The engineering firm should use industry standard techniques only, with >> the European version of NIST certified industrial grade instruments. If >> they suggest you need a special, made-to-order testbed or a custom set of >> instruments, you are talking to the wrong firm. They should have everything >> they need sitting in the van. This should be a routine job for them. >> >> Do not use high precision scientific laboratory instruments. Too much >> precision is as bad as too little. Do not invite any experts in laboratory >> calorimetry. I repeat, no physicists. If one of them shows up at your door >> with high tech, high precision instruments and offers his services for >> free, the answer is no, go away, vamoose, うせろ (make yourself scarce -- >> http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%81%**86%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8D<http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%81%86%E3%81%9B%E3%82%8D> >> ). >> >> Do not listen to any advice from skeptics. >> >> Ignore the peanut gallery, including me, except for practical, >> been-there-done-that advice such as this message. Notice that I am not >> offering any specific technical advice here about instruments, although of >> course I could do that. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
