Plasma Electrolysis by IronHead

[hkyle]

Well I tried it....not much happend besides for a bunch of hho and quite a few leaks on the front....

The unit was pulling 2.5amps at 120v (300W)...I used supper hot water from the tap with no lye.

will fix the leaks tomorrow night. Then try again.....

Moab was right the coating on the 6011 welding rods just disolved away. Is there an easier method to cover the electrode without using the wifes stove....Grin....

But that is starting from cold of lukewarm water right...if the water was preheated via a heating element it wont take as many amps to start up right.

I will try it.

Try it. I need about 20 to 30 amps to start mine up  but then the amps go down .
For startup you could use the rectifed AC from the wall then switch to Chapps with step up   once she is running.

[IronHead]

just put a piece of heat shrink tubing over it  the kind used for wire . Use the good thick stuff for testing . Teflon tubing is even better  ether will work . start out with about 1/8 of rod exposed. Can take some time to start the reaction  so let it run. Or if you want quick results to see the thing work put some KOH in there.

[hkyle]

Great I was thinking about using heat shrink but didn't know how it would hold up to the heat...

Just a question but is this actually plasma or is it just the hydrogen in the water burning in close prox to the Neg tungsten rod?

How does the hydrogen ignight?

just put a piece of heat shrink tubing over it  the kind used for wire . Use the good thick stuff for testing . Teflon tubing is even better  ether will work . start out with about 1/8 of rod exposed. Can take some time to start the reaction  so let it run. Or if you want quick results to see the thing work put some KOH in there.

[keithturtle]

That thar 1/8" heat shrink sleeve shrunk down on my 3/32 green rod fit snug as a bug in my 5/32 sandblaster ceramic tip.. added another layer up a little higher and it won't slide any further down the hole.

I got a neat holder arrangement together to align in 2 dimensions easily- pics later.

Turtle

[keithturtle]

OK, the turtle has plasma reactor #2 up and running, briefly,  and things are much better.

A one-inch dia SS screen sleeve centered over the ceramic / tungsten tip works famously... and I like how this thang talks to ya!

Not enough time to take it above 110'F today, more later.   Man, I'm glad to see somethin' happenin'.

Soaked in city water and KOH, no specific concentration.   Will cipher that out later... I want the ARC!  HOT!

<calm down... swim deep and cool off a bit...>

Turtle