Peter Davey Heater

[enki09]

Here is a link to a paper I wrote a couple years ago when I found this effect:

Click Here

[Sprocket]

If this thing draws 4 amps @ 240V (I live in Christchurch New Zealand - it's 50Hz 240V here) then that is 960 Watts.  If it rises to 8.6A - that's 2064 Watts.

There is something seriously wrong if you can't boil a cup of tea very quickly with 2kW!...

It's very easy to test - your typical kettle averages 2KW during boiling so try it out!   I have, and a large cup of water (400mL) takes 89 seconds.  However, my heater seems to use much less power (at times!) to heat the same amount of water.  If this is only functioning as an "electrode boiler", greater effeciency than a kettle is predicted anyway.  But this clearly is nowhere near as fast as Davey appears to be boiling his water...  So, not only do we have any clear idea how much power Davey's own heater takes to boil water, there also is no evidence that what we see in the videos is definitely cold water being heated - I could easily replicate the 'Davey effect' by heating the water (not boiling) first, then sticking the heater in - lots of bubbles, instant 'apparent' boiling!

Not sure what you are hoping to achieve with the spooks/MIB theme, personally I'm sure they have much more pressing concerns...

[forest]

C'mon.Let's assume that video is saying the truth and cold water is immediately starting to boil . If we take all possible manipulations into account then we spend the rest of our lives investigating that (I think not so complicated) problem.


My thoughts : cavitation is used, and cavitation is produced efficiently by a acoustic waves resonance in small area.Remember : 60 hz is like 3600 rpm and there are knows devices using fast rotors which are able to boil small amount of water immediately at that speed.

[Sprocket]

I am certainly not implying that it was faked, merely highlighting the very real fact that practically nothing is known about it - not its "modus operandi", the power consumed, or even confirmed start temperatures! (not even seeing the glass being filled from a tap/faucet before being boiled - at least I haven't...)

[Sprocket]

Here is a link to a paper I wrote a couple years ago when I found this effect:

Click Here

Thanks for the link.  I have already read this - interesting!  My only niggle would be the lack of measurments - though the article implies an 'anomolous heating effect', there were no results (facts & figures) to back this up.

Your diagrams that use the caps & coils have inspired me to power up the scope and see what a variable 15V AC @ 2A signal (PSU max current) fed to my heater does - probably nothing