High voltage HHO by IronHead

[rapttor]

I've got a 150V Variac, that I installed a 50A full wave bridge rectifier, my calculations gonculate the current out at about 12-14Amps I have on tap at the moment.

What if I re-wound a M.O. Transformer I have to step up the output capabilities? right now the output is 2k@18A... (not something to get so much as a "lil" zap from).

I asked this before, but I don't know if it was noticed by anyone but hkyle, but I asked about blocking one leg of straight AC with a diode, now you are mentioning a choke... so I was in the right train of mind, just the methodology on doing it bass-ackwards?

Dammit I wished my funct. gen. kit that I had didn't take a flight into the wall the other night, (elenco 9600) I was getting things setup to finally use it, and play with sine@varying Freq's when I turned around in my shop, caught the elenco with a wire & proceeded to unintentionally shoot it like a hockey puck at the wall, shattering it in to many more pieces than the kit came with.

man, time to defrag my head...

-rapttor

[IronHead]

Keep what you have  don't modify it. The Diode is also part of what we will be doing.
Right now we want to see the effect of High voltages and low freqs. Diodes and Chokes will come into play on the controlling what we see.
You can also add a step up transformer to this  150 volt Variac.
Lets see what you get with what you have first.

Just when she starts to steam up shut it down and wear safety gear.
First lets put some rectified DC volts to straight water  and you tell me if there is more HHO production in Higher voltages. You tell me how long it takes to steam.
Also note with the 60hz AC rectified to DC you will have some low freqs going into the cell  take note to any difference  in production .When she gets hot  note if she starts to sing or even vibrate right across the bench.

[wattsup]

I put my titanium mesh plates as +2n-2n+ and tried with 24 volts. Amperage was around 0.5 so I added some salt (yes well ventilated) to increase the conductivity. Things started to happen about 5-6 minutes later when the water started to warm up. Hydrogen was produced as can be seen when flaming it, it snaps, crackles and pops (mmmmm). Will find a source for KOH.

I also tried diluting a mineral supplement tablet of selenium (we all lack this in the diet - see Nexus) and poured it in with the water. This added some mineral to assist in the production. Although small production, it is encouraging.

I will not do the side panels with this titanium since it is meshed, the purpose would be defeated from the start. Will look to make a stainless unit.

Last thing, Teslas' patent 568,177 is of a very effecient ozone generator that produces arcs to generate ozone gas. Could this same set-up be usefull for hydrogen production or is the effect that a spark may be generated too dangerous and would risk igniting the hydrogen as it is produced. I saw some sparks in other hydrogen generator videos and those did not ignite the hydrogen.

[IronHead]

Good experimenting .

Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)  Lye
Look for this at any hardware store.
http://www.amazon.com/ROOTO-CORPORATION-1030-Drain-Opener/dp/B000BOCAOY

Some sparks will ignite and some wont . Its about heat at that point and if the spark break the surface of the bubble  or just goes around its surface.

[kokomoj0]

We will use sine , saw waves, your AC understanding  and we will also use
Radio waves , sound. We might even build our own high freq speaker/transmitter if this goes that far  ,or is the cell itself a transducer. Also the possibility of shaped magnetic fields using magnetic coils  . Then we will combined all that is learned and do as you will. 

Sorry to hear about your mishap, that must have been one heck of an explosion to do that physical damage to you.  I hope you have a complete recovery!

For the project: frankly I hope this goes that far and beyond if there is a beyond.  i have a zillion questions but unfortunately it would get ahead of things so i will reserve them till we approach the "combined" point of the project.

This is a great project you have us on here!