"Input: 0.105 V of direct current over a 1 Ohm resistance. " states the voltage and resistance across both the resistor and the plasma chamber during operation.
A 2636K (atmospheric?) plasma is fully ionized and has a very low resistance.
The question is: How is Rossi generating a fully ionized plasma and maintaining it with 100mA current?
...remain in doubt until all reasonable explanations of errors, mistakes, and "mischief" are ruled out.
Sagan's requirements can never be met since "extraordinary" has no bounds.
Extraordinary claims will only be accepted when they are no longer considered extraordinary.
(Look! An airplane... yawn.)
why not an independent 3rd party test?
Around here affiliation is determined by your conclusions from your observations. (Rossi is right vs. Rossi is wrong.)
Independence (on this forum) is only maintained by not having any conclusions.
The purpose of a test is to have conclusions.
The specific heat of water is a very well known value.
Yes, but how do you verify it is water?
Rossi has described what he plans to show when he unveils the Quark X (now the E-Cat QX):
"It will be plain and simple calorimetry. We will have a flow of water that will not change phase, well below 100 Celsius degrees, a measurement of the water flowing through the plant and a measurement of the delta T and of the electric energy consumed by the E-Cat QX. Plain and simple."
Because this will not be an independent 3rd party test (can there ever be such a thing?) what measurements would the people here like to see?
Is there a place were a sample of water can be sent to verify its specific heat?
What redundant measurements can be made?
My guess is that IH got to keep their money and Rossi got to keep his IP.
Andrea Rossi truly believes that he has the answer.
