With active control you can go from a COP of 6 to infinite. Then the question is how often does failure of the control system occur and what are the cleanup costs. It is entirely conceivable, if not likely, that an active control version will go to market that has a relatively low frequency of failure times cost of cleanup.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From past information, the Rossi reactor is hard to startup; it takes a >> long time to startup and a long time to shut down. . . . >> >> >> >> This is tolerable in industry but not in the home. >> > > It would not be a problem at home either. Especially not if the machine > can be turned down to stand-by mode. It would use more fuel, but the fuel > costs nothing. It would increase wear and tear on the machine only a little. > > You are thinking in terms of fossil fuel energy systems. > > My gut feeling is that Rossi will soon find a way to fix this problem. As > I have said, I also think that the COP will not be an issue for long. I > base that on gas loaded systems that run without input power or auxiliary > heating, such as Arata's. > > - Jed > >