The downfalls of conventional electrolysis - and how to fix them

[ramset]

                             Mission statement
         We are here to explore/replicate Magnetrolysis!
                               "Open Source"
                            PLEASE JOIN US!!

This effect as rediscovered by Chris Hunter [Arctictek.com]

Takes 1 watt of power to make 1200 liters of HHO in 1 minute!
              [5 watts 5 minutes 5700 liters of HHO]
           
As witnessed by Oswaldonfire, Chris Hunter And several other replicaters.

We are here to "Open source" this Replication.
and utilize every possible resource at our disposal!

Chet

[niofox]

Just came back from the Post Office with my Signal Generator.  Tested it on the oscilloscope about 5 minutes ago, everything looks good.

This weekend I'd tried biasing the MJL21194 with the output of a 555 timer with no joy
The wave that came out varied between 9.5v and 10v instead of going 0v to 10v (The battery was really drained)

I also sealed the bottom of the bobbin and tested it with water, everything is in order

So all I have left to do now is buy the transistor and construct the circuit

[oswaldonfire]

Sounds good, niofox.

A signal generator will be very helpful in your replication.

Please post back with further details and results.

Oswaldonfire

[mscoffman]

Just came back from the Post Office with my Signal Generator.  Tested it on the oscilloscope about 5 minutes ago, everything looks good.

This weekend I'd tried biasing the MJL21194 with the output of a 555 timer with no joy
The wave that came out varied between 9.5v and 10v instead of going 0v to 10v (The battery was really drained)

I also sealed the bottom of the bobbin and tested it with water, everything is in order

So all I have left to do now is buy the transistor and construct the circuit

Sounds like you are pulling too much current from the NE555 because the
the base of the transistor is too low of an impedance (resistance) you
are going to need another smaller tansistor (coupled as a darlington) to buffer
the signal before you drive final transistor. Having current sucking the voltage
down at the base of the mjl21194 is not necessarily wrong, except the NE555
is not meant to work that way. (current mode) Use a higher resistor instead
of the coil as a preliminary test load then subsequently load it down with the
coil. That's my recomendations.

:S:MarkSCoffman

[niofox]

@mscoffman
Sounds good
I couldn't find the darlington pair locally.  They were out of stock and were not getting more anytime soon
Would a broken CRT or old computer Power Supply (I have many of these lying around) have any transistors that would be suitable to pair up with the MJL's?

Interesting point to note, I couldn't even get an LED to visibly light with the output from the Signal Generator
It was a green LED I got out of an old CD-ROM drive
I'm wondering if the 500ma would still have been too much for it to handle