kcarring

Linesman Pliers

@The dude

Wow, that is a real bummer but thanks for sharing. I too lived in Manitoba, just moved back to BC two years ago. Are you in the peg? I was.


I learned a trick from a fellow experimenter. In a lot of cases, components are found on a board, and around the needed components is usually.. a whole lot of nothing. (That we needed)

Rather than desoldering, typically, I now often take a very heavy duty pair of linesmen pliers or big heavy metal sheers and cut the area right out of the board surround the component I want. then I place "the chunk" in a vice with it being at a high point.

It does a few things; first off desoldering is often tough due to heat dissipating everywhere and not being hot enough where you want it. Secondly, again, heat, get the heat flowing up to the component and not to surrounding areas.

Then I usually use my large gun, 250 watts and a pump or soldering braid.

Seems to work better.

Correct me if I am wrong, but...

I've looked over the circuit, read the pamphlet, and as long as you follow the instructions, AND USE THE SECOND CAPACITOR, not just run the circuit with a single one...

it appears that what you will have at the batteries, is whatever you designed the circuit to have... and nothing more.

It would appear, the danger level is, whatever you set it to be.

I think that was George's whole point. It's not like he's a dummy. Furthermore, his commercial electrolysers exploit this method so they damn well better be safe and have probably had to go through CSA?

Thanks. Just an observation, not a "known"

While possibly not as glamorous there is always the "now-not-so-spoken-of" Solar hydrogen method of good old Haufmann based separation, as outlined by Walt Pyle. No one wants to publish articles about this stuff anymore in fear that people will blow themselves to smithereens. Mother Earth News is more about apartment window granola grinders, these days.

Meanwhile in the trenches, out in the boondocks, this is how it gets done, I got three friends doing it. The ultimate shunt!

Solar Hydrogen
Solar Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis_p10-p14

The load of your unit will be directly proportionate to your plate surface area, material (SS, nickel, steel... 316L SS or nickel is far superior) and the concentration of your electrolyte. If you max your concentration of KOH or NaOH to 20-30% your draw will increase. Keep that plate drop between 1.9 and 2.3v, always. No matter what your input is, design your cell to the input, not the other way around. Then you'll be rockin! 1 litre per min. is experimental. 3l / min is enough for a tiny flame suitable for electronics desoldering, and jewelry. 9 l/m is suitable for a welding torch flame, some cutting, all brazing, and such.

I've found its best to experiment with 120v supply (or 240 if that is what you have). Much more economical. My unit is based on Delvis11's work and produces, at max, about 9 litres of combustible fuel per min.

YouTube - 130 volt Hydrogen generator using 120v ac house power.

You can also take advantage of 120 or 240 in a simple experiment using PVC and nickel coins, in a unit designed after George Wiseman's principles. It is cheap and very effective by comparision to a wet cell or joe cell. If you do not need volume of gas production that is. You could experiment pulsing (with spikes) such a unit and see if it helps any. Others have "added" a pulse train to an existing brute force current circuit.

If you set your circuit up to optimize about 2.3v across your gap, you'll probably find good electrolysis. Unfortunately in a "jar" cell, you have a ton of current leaking into electrolyte solution that is too far from the plates to have an effect. This is partly why jar cells suck compared to dry cells. In a dry cell you have maximum surface area vs. available electrolyte.

I think that was the dilemna; no other options. As of late I have heard they are running out of seawater too, and even for a short while considered flying water in via helicopter.

Things do not look good. I feel so bad for those people. Having those power generators (and even plants) at such an altitude/height... what were they thinking. So easy for us to reflect back and make such comments, but, truly... why was such a hazard issue left unaddressed. After Sanriku on the island of Honshu, The coasts of Colombia and Ecuador, The indian Ocean... SO MANY EVENTS have proven the need for safety... wow. In my mind, we cannot, (as a society of engineered experts) BE SO STUPID, we can only be so greedy, as to be fallible in these ways.

YouTube - Footage of TWO SUNS! Nibiru aka Planet X, Nemesis, Wormwood, Brown Dwarf, or Binary Star?

Or is it a Sun Dog, as they say?
(The video does not at all look like ANY pictures of Sun Dog's that i have personally seen)

Just about a day after I thought your post was insane... you come up with this. Helium and Hydrogen planet. Huge one. Sure sounds like a sun to me. Not planet.