I think a more accurate headline would be that it was a partially successful test (at best). Because of a “glitch” that wouldn’t allow it to actually generate the 1 MW in self-sustain mode.
Also I think it would have been more impressive if once the resistive chanbers got up to temperature, that they stopped running the initial generators that got them warmed up. The reporter mentioned this and I think it would have given one less thing to possibly malign the test.
Actually I am going to modify my remarks. I didn’t read that the generator they had connected to it was 500 KW. I thought it may have been a much smaller generator. A 500 KW generator connected to a 1 MW plant that gets a ‘glitch’ and can only produce 470 KW - I am sorry but without a better explanation of the glitch and why the generator had to be kept running and connected to the E-Cat while the entire test went on, that to me is not a credible test. As an engineer I would not accept this, given what I know from this article, as being a completely valid and proven test.
Did anyone know how long the 500 KW generators could run on how much fuel they were filled with? If it’s 5.5 hours or so, I think it’s more than a coincidence.