The first room contained the E-Cat and the power buttons that controlled electrical energy input to the E-Cat. No steam came directly out of the E-Cat. Instead, it went into a black hose, which fed into the adjacent room. The second room contained the end of the hose, the bucket and the drain hole in the wall where Rossi dumped the "steam." The rooms were connected through an open doorway, but the end of the hose, the bucket and the drain hole were not visible from the first room, where the E-Cat and the input power buttons were located.

At the beginning of filming this footage, Lewan had taken an initial power reading from the wall outlet, and Rossi was not supposed to be changing the power input during the rest of the demonstration. The electrical power input was supposed to remain constant so that any increases in steam output would be clearly attributable to increased heat generated inside the E-Cat.

Lewan found an unexpected problem when he left the first room (Rossi remained there) and approached the hose outlet while he was filming (see video clip here). There was no sign of steam coming out.

Seconds after Lewan got closer to the end of the hose and filmed it as it was sitting idle in the blue bucket, gentle puffs of steam suddenly began to come out. A few moments later, with his video camera still running, Lewan walked back into the room where Rossi remained standing by the E-Cat. This time, Rossi's hand was resting on the E-Cat power buttons.

The following series of screenshots starts at this point in the demonstration.