Eric,
The idea here is that the extras (DC and/or RF) are undetectable to the meter
using clamp ammeters (we know this for a fact), and when this extra gets passed
on to the control box, it's able to pass them on to the device, perhaps with
some customisation. The device, being chiefly ohmic, will dissipate DC and will
likely also dissipate RF. So no customisation by the control box of the extras
is in principle necessary - the power simply gets passed along to the device,
which consumes it and generates heat as a result.
Now, as I've described, the shenanigans chiefly occur during the pulse OFF
state, so there will have to be some customisation in the control box. The idea
here is to dissipate the extras during pulse ON and pass them along during
pulse OFF. The mains doesn't know about the pulse schedule, so cannot itself
switch the extras in or out (actually, a Byzantine arrangement could be made to
work in this way, but I'm not going that far out).
Since no type of electronics control circuitry could survive colocated with the
device, the implication is that the control box has to dissipate significant
power continuously. That raises a question about the control box temperature.
Since it's a sealed unit, and we're talking a couple hundred watts at least, it
would have to get bloody hot. There's another data point we don't have. But
you'd think they would have mentioned it.
I'm talking myself out of this, aren't I? :)
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Walker
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]: About the March test
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Andrew <andrew...@att.net> wrote:
B) seems unlikely because it would require batteries, and Hartman states
that it was much lighter than that. Battery technology does not exist that
could be that light, and/or occupy so little volume, and make up that total
energy difference as measured over 100+ hours. Therefore, it seems that the
only workable theory of possible deception is A).
I recall Hartman clarifying that measurements were taken on the mains side
(from Jed's post). I am not too familiar with circuitry. I assume that either
(1) the measurement equipment (including the laptop) will need some kind of
single-phase conversion in order to work off of the same mains, or (2) they
will have to be routed to a separate source (in the case where the mains side
has been tampered with). Assuming (1) for the moment, how easy or hard would
it be to filter out hidden DC or AC when constructing the single phase
conversion in order to protect the measurement equipment? Would you need a
heavy transformer?
Eric
