The Abstract of the paper characterises this instrument as "a large bandwidth three-phase power analyzer". I'm not seeing that. However, it also says "The 116-hour experiment also included a calibration of the experimental set-up without the active charge present in the E-CatHT . In this case, no extra heat was generated beyond the expected heat from the electric input." That implies that there's no problem with the input power measurement, does it not? The only way out is for someone to flip a magic switch between calibration and measurement runs, such that extra power was input during the measurement run; power that was invisible to this meter (HF or DC). That's too bizarre to contemplate. All it would take would be for one of the Italians to casually walk around the back of the big blue box and surreptitiously do that. Of course, it's not an accusation, Terry :) - it's simply a possibility.
p15 states: "the TRIAC power supply has been replaced by a control circuit having three-phase power input and single-phase output, mounted within a box, the contents of which were not available for inspection, inasmuch as they are part of the industrial trade secret." I find it hard to believe that simply viewing the contents of a box would be off limits. Perhaps it contained 100 Kg of batteries, which is roughly sufficient to produce 500 W for 116 hours. Look at the two huge blue boxes in Fig. 16. Why would they be off-limits? You can guess the nature of a proprietary waveform by looking into a box? This really stinks. p16 states: "The clamp ammeters were connected upstream from the control box to ensure the trustworthiness of the measurements performed, and to produce a non-falsifiable document (the video recording) of the measurements themselves. " I assume that means on the wall power side. The way this is phrased is suspect to me, because the wording is so vague and ambiguous. It doesn't seem to be worthy of a scientist. Best, Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Fletcher" <a...@well.com> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Levi Hot Cat paper is a gem > User manual is at : > http://www.industrial-needs.com/manual/power-anlayser-pce-830.pdf > Again, no mention of DC. > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Mark Jurich" <jur...@hotmail.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:15:19 PM >> > >> > FYI (To anyone): >> > >> > Here's a link to Info on the PCE Instruments PCE-830-1 Power >> > Analyzer >> >> > http://www.pce-instruments.com/english/measuring-instruments/installation-tester/power-analyzer-pce-holding-gmbh-power-analyzer-pce-830-1-det_60706.htm >> >> >> Oh-oh .... no mention of DC at all. That Bryce fellow is going to >> have a field day! >
