Jed, thank you for answering my question about when your opinion on Rossi changed. It gave consistent view on how it all went down. I have few observations on your points.
I agree on how HVAC should operate. What bothers me with this is that it would make Penon complete lap dog of Rossi. He has a degree and is qualified HVAC (afaik), so he cannot be 'that stupid'? We know Rossis mentality, but giving up on all Rossis demands on test arrangements, would mean that he knowingly committed to operate against HVAC standards. I'm not asking you specifically to explain this, but it would just imply Penon getting so much money or futures from Rossi that it is worth ruining his professional reputation for ever.
You say that you received sample of the data from the ERV and some additional confirmation from parties outside of IH. I see bit weak bridge here. You may be better informed than what allowed to publish here, but I think it would not do any harm at least doing cautious homework questioning how much weight you can put on these sources when considering all these (as I wrote before). Remember also 100.1C speculation being just as cautious constant to respect Rossis demand to exclude extra heat stored to steam temperature beyond 100C' in earlier threads.
Of course if all what Dewey or IH has said, would mean E-Cat does not work, same way as if everything what Rossi says would mean E-Cat have average COP beyond 50. That fact alone proves neither party cannot be trusted 100%