On the single fatcats : my recollection is that RossiSedtm they were there as backups, and would only be activated as needed.
By "fatcats" you mean the small E-Cat units in the non-Big Frankies part of the Doral plant?
There are 2 pieces of evidence that these were not intended as backups.
1) Penon's reports outline the makeup of the powerplant. He specifies 115 power units.
2) The small E-Cats were fully operational and generating power in the first 2 weeks of the life of the Doral plant. In document 207-55 (first 14 pages) we see entries in a daily log (Fabiani's) of several aspects of the Doral plant operation. There are twice-daily values for the amount of energy absorbed by the plant and subsequent calculations of power absorption. There are also occasional comments, in Italian, on significant events happening within the plant.
- The log begins on Feb 1 2015 and records how, over 2 weeks, various groups of the small E-Cats were brought online and gradually fed more and more power.
- On Feb 17-18 the Big Frankies were brought online. This doubled the energy absorption of the plant. [Penon is visiting the plant from the Feb 16-18 so this is the configuration of the plant that he sees ... one with both the smaller E-Cats and the Big Frankies all operating]
- On the morning of Feb 19, my Italian-to-English converter says that the following was recorded "Hydraulic leaks in the single piece modules".
- On the evening of Feb 19 we see the comment (translated from Italian) "Off 6 groups of single modules". On that day the energy absorption of the plant dropped by 50% to around 10 Kw. The small E-Cats are now off and according to Barry West, have their circuitry removed. [Penon left the plant on the 18th so he is not on hand to see this]
- On Feb 23 Penon records the first data point for his report [which are actually not his readings at all but ones sent to him by Rossi from plant that is now profoundly altered from the one he saw].