Plasma Electrolysis by IronHead

[keithturtle]

Well, it worked.    Briefly, lots more NaHCO3 was all it needed to start a nice, albeit small arc.   That large 4L pot and the air moving thru the fume hood created enthalpy such that it never got above 155'F again.   Reckon that's why the power never dropped off.  Smaller pot next time.

Whenever I repositioned the rod to expose more, the insulation bared a stainless bolt and it started arcing, too (bottom of pic).

Ye be right, bro IronHead... this thing will learn ye, big time!  Gotta sit back an ponder awhile, and gets me a smaller pot!

Thanks fer yer interest.  HHO for the next few days, I'm a-hopin'.

Turtle

[Robb077]

Turtle:
Nice work there. You have passed the plasma head initiation

Really, glad you had success finally. Nice there is light at the end of the tunnel.

[IronHead]

Woho  Turtle  you got arc or 2 hmmm  that must be a reflection.
Good to see you got her going .

[hkyle]

Actually I had arching too. The heat shrink came off in the middle of the rod and it started arching there too...I didn't pay much attention to it, I just sealed it up again.

EDIT...

OK another vid for you guys...This one I think is a hell of a lot more stable than the rest. This guy is running on .3 - .4 amps not bad at all 35 - 40 Watts. Can't heat water up on the stove with that much power.

Great job Turtle...was it worth all the time and effort.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EoOS-nWxcA

Woho  Turtle  you got arc or 2 hmmm  that must be a reflection.
Good to see you got her going .

[keithturtle]

I had a 3 volt potential in the water, and ~200 grams of bake.  pH 9.1 SU-really base stuff.

The lower arc is a real haid-scratcher... how might exposed rods behave elsewhere in the field [think- starburst spike hair-do, center radiating out, big cylinder for pos field charge]

Oh, thinking out loud again; can y'all hear the gears a-grindin'?

<grin>  It's late.

Turtle