[MHGinTN]

By merely heating the apparatus before connecting the leads, the start up delay has been eliminated. There are now Nichol and deuterium, and Nichol and regular hydrogen results being achieved. In finding other metals that give results, the ‘why’ of the process is slowly being uncovered. Fortunately, science doesn't operate the way the liar Moonfake demands. He would have been on Galileo's inquisition panel don’tchaknow.

[Wonder Warthog]

"By merely heating the apparatus before connecting the leads, the start up delay has been eliminated."

Actually, it looks like even that is not necessary. Dr. George Miley's recent work has shown that once the correct nanostructure is set up, all that is necessary is the pressurize the device with reactant gas, and that the reaction then STARTS SPONTANEOUSLY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.

It turns out that Miley has been issued THE FIRST US patent on LENR (so it looks like the dam at the Patent Office may have been breached, though perhaps not, as the deadly words "Cold Fusion" don't appear in the patent except in some of the references).

[Wonder Warthog]

Google Patents:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=WhIgAgAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=%22Low+Energy+Nuclear+Reaction%22&source=bl&ots=Xuf1yRH2vB&sig=142QFcoB_2WmhjeCiLVn9AuUGlU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qEROUKH4JsjSrQHKmIGoBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ&goback=.gde_4132340_member_161859049#v=onepage&q&f=false

The details of his patent are REALLY interesting. It looks to me like he has arrived at pretty much the perfect geometry to maximize both reactivity and heat transfer in a single element.