The genset had to provide not just "cooling"(and other parasitic loads) but STARTUP power, so it had to be as big as it was. See my earlier point about splitting the "parasitic loads" from the "startup load". Rossi simply chose not to do that. You or I might have chose otherwise.
But your fundamental flawed assumption is that no measurements of power from the genset were made. It is ridiculous to assume that, as that is the key to what the "validation engineer" was looking for. Do you "really" think that he didn't make measurements to determine that the supplied load was reduced??
I made no such assumption. I never said that. But the articles did not report this and apparently if this was done, this technical info was either not shared and reported, or was shared and not reported. I tend to believe from so many different reports on the test at least one article would have included this information if it was given out.
Given Rossi’s background, a ‘reasonable person’ would have a higher degree of skepticism about what he’s doing. Again, I’d love it if it works, but given his past, he’s really his own worst advocate.
It might be a good idea for him to split required startup power from the cooling power. Then turn off the power for startup, and let the unit run for 3-4 weeks in standalone mode.