RE: [Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project
Hello Kevin - You ask why there has been no discussion here ... on what has the hallmarks of a Dennis Lee/ Carl Tilley/ Mike Brady, etc type of derivative scam - with no apparent redeeming qualities ... (Please feel free to list the redeeming qualities, if there are any - and do not take this the wrong way, if the claimant is indeed a hero inventor who has somehow hidden his true identity carefully; and yet managed to present his venture exactly like Dennis Lee would do) 1) No papers, publications, or even prior postings in LENR 2) No known associates in the field 3) No known qualifications, CV, or related expertise to perform this kind of work 4) No lab, no prototype, no PoC, not theory 5) Las Vegas is the scam capital of the Universe (with Calgary in 2nd place) 6) Tin cup featured prominently - couching the venture as a trust is a new twist, apparently to inspire confidence. Open-source is almost laughable, when you are asking for donations but have no skills to perform the work. They're coming out of woodwork these days, encouraged that Rossi has gotten so much publicity with so little scientifically documented results... not to mention the current unemployment rate. Look at the dozens of sites with E-Cat in their name. Many are honest efforts, sure - but most are me-too with a PayPal account. It's almost a gold rush, or should we say nickel-hydrogen rush... From: helloke...@sbcglobal.net I haven't seen any discussions on this project in Vortex-L http://www.opensourcelenr.com/index.html Kevmo attachment: winmail.dat
RE: [Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project
I should add that there are several qualified open-source advocates who post here regularly - Brad Lowe and Jaro are two of them. They are smart, qualified and not hiding anything to arouse suspicions. If Gary is in that category, my apologies. He should make his abilities known. Maybe he is a dream-weaver extraordinaire who merely has his public priorities reversed. It is a not really a fine line, yet as of now he appears to be well over onto the Aussie-Guy (Greg Watson) side of that line ... _ From: Jones Beene Hello Kevin - You ask why there has been no discussion here ... on what has the hallmarks of a Dennis Lee/ Carl Tilley/ Mike Brady, etc type of derivative scam - with no apparent redeeming qualities ... (Please feel free to list the redeeming qualities, if there are any - and do not take this the wrong way, if the claimant is indeed a hero inventor who has somehow hidden his true identity carefully; and yet managed to present his venture exactly like Dennis Lee would do) 1) No papers, publications, or even prior postings in LENR 2) No known associates in the field 3) No known qualifications, CV, or related expertise to perform this kind of work 4) No lab, no prototype, no PoC, not theory 5) Las Vegas is the scam capital of the Universe (with Calgary in 2nd place) 6) Tin cup featured prominently - couching the venture as a trust is a new twist, apparently to inspire confidence. Open-source is almost laughable, when you are asking for donations but have no skills to perform the work. They're coming out of woodwork these days, encouraged that Rossi has gotten so much publicity with so little scientifically documented results... not to mention the current unemployment rate. Look at the dozens of sites with E-Cat in their name. Many are honest efforts, sure - but most are me-too with a PayPal account. It's almost a gold rush, or should we say nickel-hydrogen rush... From: helloke...@sbcglobal.net I haven't seen any discussions on this project in Vortex-L http://www.opensourcelenr.com/index.html Kevmo attachment: winmail.dat
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:57 AM, William Beaty bi...@eskimo.com wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: I am a SLIder myself. I can turn off some lights just by passing by foot or I'm not one myself. But I did get a chance to expound on my personal conventional-yet-crackpot bio-electrostatics explanation of some examples of the phenomenon: Lung-powered human VandeGraaff disease? William Shatner's Weird or What http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=neYxvtqH8QMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neYxvtqH8QM What is happening when you turn off the LEDs? Where is that described? It looks like a possible explanation. David
Re: [Vo]:Another Blast from the Past
Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems 6, 45-54 (2003). © J. New. Mat. Electrochem. Systems. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.groupes.polymtl.ca/jnmes/archives/2003_01/v06n01a08_p045-054.pdfsa=Uei=UoW2T6CTF5GQ8wTSmaC9Cgved=0CBQQFjABusg=AFQjCNHGq1lwh3ZGzJKehzr4kNG7kpF-cQ Warm Regards, Reliable Jones Beene wrote: Now that vortex appears to be working normally, here is a repost of message that was received by a few but never made it into the archives (although a reply did get there - very strange). In the Fall of 2001, an important paper related to hydrogen anomalies appeared - to little fanfare. It was either a bombshell or a bomb - which no serious scientist cared to follow up on, and few even studied closely enough to grasp the implications. You might say that back in the Fall of 2001, the American psyche was preoccupied with another, much more visible bombshell. But even later in 2003-4 when World events were a bit less urgent, few high level chemists took this work seriously enough to investigate, despite enormous implications and the simplicity of technique. Anyway - perhaps we should take another look at this one, in a slightly different context - and at least give it some cyber-space publicity - as it is easily accessible on the google site: Highly Stable Novel Inorganic Hydrides... http://tinyurl.com/c4nbqcu Teaser ... (the easy claim to either prove or debunk) ... page nine - an electrolysis cell produced a more stable version of potassium hydride that did not decompose even at 600 degrees C ! Normally this happens below 400 C. Any grad student could potentially verify that detail. Get this: a hydrogen bond which corresponds to a binding energy of 22.8 eV ! It is also ferromagnetic ! Dense hydrogen molecular ferromagnetism was predicted before Mills came along; and is a hot topic these days : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1968PASJ...20..300I ... mind boggling, when it happens with something as simple as KH (if true) and beyond all known chemical understanding. If Mills had merely focused a streamlined paper on a simple new isomer of potassium hydride, and built the entire disclosure around this one stunning discovery (instead of the dozens of associated molecules which ironically complicate everything to such a high level that few can wade through)... and had BLP then supplied testing samples of this Special KH to other labs for confirmation (they said they would, but reneged) ... then RM would surely have won the Nobel Prize for that discovery alone. Dozens of Prizes in chemistry have been won for far less important discoveries. This one is way over the top, if true. Instead, the guy is scorned. Does he deserve better? To tell the truth, it is hard to tell since Randy is his own worst enemy. There is certainly no more controversial person in Modern Science. He has been called America's Newton: http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Newton-Reception-Historical-Contemporary/dp/1 439202273/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8qid=1337261931sr=8-2 but pathological skeptics like Bob Park would label him as America's Hendrik Schön (same time frame) ... real historians, in the final appraisal, will have the last word. Yet that verdict may take a decade or two, unless someone makes up a batch of Special KH for independent testing sooner - and without Mills' silly NDA or other strings attached. His arrogance on IP issues, combined with poor legal representation - has served to alienate almost everyone in academia - to the extent that he has little to show for two decades of work, in the minds of peers - other than a passable software package. Even if Mills does turn out to be America's Newton there can be little doubt that the paranoid and haughty approach he has employed over the past two decades - to leak out details, followed by unfulfilled promises - but then to back-off into silent isolation, makes for a tragic (bipolar) ending. He may be both reincarnated genius and world-class fool at the same time. I believe that his story will play out in roughly this way, with acceptance delayed by decades ... and moreover with acceptance ironically related to the aftermath of Rossi's duplication of Mills/Thermacore's earlier published work. We live in interesting times... and for RM, this may indeed be a novel version of a Chinese curse. Jones
Re: [Vo]:Water as a Catalyst......hmmmmm
At 08:29 PM 5/17/2012, Ron Kita wrote: Interesting concept water even in ppm as a catalyst: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120517143506.htm Essentially, when water is present, hydrogen diffuses via a proton transfer, or proton hopping, mechanism, in which hydrogen atoms from the oxide surface jump onto nearby water molecules and make hydronium ions, which then deliver their extra proton to the oxide surface and liberate a water molecule. That repeated process leads to rapid hydrogen atom diffusion on the oxide surface. Maybe I'll go back to my hypothesis that Defkalion uses its spark plugs to burn a little Hydrogen (just kidding).
[Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash
I am attempting to locate solid information concerning measured ash associate with the Ni-H type of devices. Rossi wrote a paper which suggests that copper of various isotopes is generated during the operation of his reactor but I do not recall any mention of helium or other gases being detected. There is some mention of gamma rays being absorbed by the lead shield, but earlier analysis by senior members of Vortex have questioned this concept. So please let me know if there exists reliable information which can be used in my effort to understand the implications of the WL theory, Rossi's copper theory or any of the other prime concepts. Have Rossi's assertions been replicated by anyone else? Has DGT ever made statements supporting the copper formation that anyone is aware of? Also, does anyone have references to replicated experiments with the Ni-H systems regarding the ash products? I am aware of the many excellent results that have been published in reference to the palladium electrolysis cells and corresponding helium production. I am seeking similar evidence if it exists for the Ni-H gas systems. Dave
Re: [Vo]:Nickel-hydrogen nuclear ash
I do not know of any solid information on Ni cold fusion reactions or products. I wish I did. We really need that. - Jed
[Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?
Hi Vortex, I'm thinking of dusting off my experiments. My LabJack is fixed (Thanks LabJack guys) and I have some nickel alloy powder I am anxious to try. And I can add a spark plug easily. DGT said they can trigger the reaction on demand. It sure seems like their trigger is a single spark or a burst of sparks. Thoughts? Can anyone recommend a way to create a single or continuous sparks with a spark plug using off-the-shelf parts? I have a simple frequency generator (sine/sqr/tri waves) that I can use, which I could hook to an SCR and send voltage to a coil. But I'd rather use off the shelf... but a circuit diagram might work too. Or, could I use something like a strobe light kit that uses a plug instead of a flashtube? Rossi's original big blue voltage box.. Could it be putting out high voltage to spark the Auxiliary device? I can't find a close-up of the blue box (inside or back) to see if anything looks like a coil. An early reactor picture here http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dadS9almTsE/TaQl3jSqzcI/Ai0/KcVR26eDkt0/s1600/e-cats1.jpg has something off-the-shelf that might be a thermocouple or heater.. but does not look like a spark plug. However, requiring two heaters always seemed a little odd... My reactor has the nickel powders in a test tube within the reactor and external band heater. I can't imagine the sparks would need to come in contact with the nickel powder. Thoughts? Looking for volunteers.. :) - Brad
Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?
ecat builder wrote: I'm thinking of dusting off my experiments. My LabJack is fixed (Thanks LabJack guys) and I have some nickel alloy powder I am anxious to try. And I can add a spark plug easily. Good idea. I recommend you try a spark plug. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:Any SLIders out there? I am one.
On Fri, 18 May 2012, David Jonsson wrote: What is happening when you turn off the LEDs? Where is that described? It looks like a possible explanation. Three-dollar e-field detectors, see the project page: http://www.amasci.com/emotor/chargdet.html But if streetlights respond to DC fields, then nearby cars and distant thunderstorms would have enormous effect. (( ( ( ( ((O)) ) ) ) ))) William J. BeatySCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci com http://amasci.com EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair Seattle, WA 206-762-3818unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci
RE: [Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project
Interesting, the guy that is starting this Open Source Project is named Gary Wright from Las Vegas. The guy that turned in Rossi in Florida for building nuclear reactors was also named Gary Wright from Las Vegas. A coincidence? Robert Dorr At 08:44 AM 5/18/2012, you wrote: I should add that there are several qualified open-source advocates who post here regularly - Brad Lowe and Jaro are two of them. They are smart, qualified and not hiding anything to arouse suspicions. If Gary is in that category, my apologies. He should make his abilities known. Maybe he is a dream-weaver extraordinaire who merely has his public priorities reversed. It is a not really a fine line, yet as of now he appears to be well over onto the Aussie-Guy (Greg Watson) side of that line ... _ From: Jones Beene Hello Kevin - You ask why there has been no discussion here ... on what has the hallmarks of a Dennis Lee/ Carl Tilley/ Mike Brady, etc type of derivative scam - with no apparent redeeming qualities ... (Please feel free to list the redeeming qualities, if there are any - and do not take this the wrong way, if the claimant is indeed a hero inventor who has somehow hidden his true identity carefully; and yet managed to present his venture exactly like Dennis Lee would do) I haven't seen any discussions on this project in Vortex-L http://www.opensourcelenr.com/index.html Kevmo
RE: [Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project
The problem with your 6-point list is that anyone who meets such a criteria would already have a project of their own set in motion. I would love to see an Open Source LENR project that doesn't depend upon being an expert. Something along the lines of replicating the recent Hight School Cold Fusion project at Pirelli. Kevmo --- On Fri, 5/18/12, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: From: Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net Subject: RE: [Vo]:Open-Source-LENR-project To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Friday, May 18, 2012, 8:44 AM I should add that there are several qualified open-source advocates who post here regularly - Brad Lowe and Jaro are two of them. They are smart, qualified and not hiding anything to arouse suspicions. If Gary is in that category, my apologies. He should make his abilities known. Maybe he is a dream-weaver extraordinaire who merely has his public priorities reversed. It is a not really a fine line, yet as of now he appears to be well over onto the Aussie-Guy (Greg Watson) side of that line ... _ From: Jones Beene Hello Kevin - You ask why there has been no discussion here ... on what has the hallmarks of a Dennis Lee/ Carl Tilley/ Mike Brady, etc type of derivative scam - with no apparent redeeming qualities ... (Please feel free to list the redeeming qualities, if there are any - and do not take this the wrong way, if the claimant is indeed a hero inventor who has somehow hidden his true identity carefully; and yet managed to present his venture exactly like Dennis Lee would do) 1) No papers, publications, or even prior postings in LENR 2) No known associates in the field 3) No known qualifications, CV, or related expertise to perform this kind of work 4) No lab, no prototype, no PoC, not theory 5) Las Vegas is the scam capital of the Universe (with Calgary in 2nd place) 6) Tin cup featured prominently - couching the venture as a trust is a new twist, apparently to inspire confidence. Open-source is almost laughable, when you are asking for donations but have no skills to perform the work. They're coming out of woodwork these days, encouraged that Rossi has gotten so much publicity with so little scientifically documented results... not to mention the current unemployment rate. Look at the dozens of sites with E-Cat in their name. Many are honest efforts, sure - but most are me-too with a PayPal account. It's almost a gold rush, or should we say nickel-hydrogen rush... From: helloke...@sbcglobal.net I haven't seen any discussions on this project in Vortex-L http://www.opensourcelenr.com/index.html Kevmo
Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?
Here's some off-the-shelf parts that you can use. The CDI Ignition box can connect directly to a spark plug and you can drive this ignition box with an Ignition Tester. You can drive sparks at a rate of 300 to 20,000 RPM. http://www.rccdi.com/news/ignition/1.html My old design used these, but I upgraded my ignition box to a custom design SCR circuit driven by my MF-28 data acquisition module. I did this to achieve more output, more controllability and more programmability. Jojo - Original Message - From: ecat builder ecatbuil...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:07 AM Subject: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to? Hi Vortex, I'm thinking of dusting off my experiments. My LabJack is fixed (Thanks LabJack guys) and I have some nickel alloy powder I am anxious to try. And I can add a spark plug easily. DGT said they can trigger the reaction on demand. It sure seems like their trigger is a single spark or a burst of sparks. Thoughts? Can anyone recommend a way to create a single or continuous sparks with a spark plug using off-the-shelf parts? I have a simple frequency generator (sine/sqr/tri waves) that I can use, which I could hook to an SCR and send voltage to a coil. But I'd rather use off the shelf... but a circuit diagram might work too. Or, could I use something like a strobe light kit that uses a plug instead of a flashtube? Rossi's original big blue voltage box.. Could it be putting out high voltage to spark the Auxiliary device? I can't find a close-up of the blue box (inside or back) to see if anything looks like a coil. An early reactor picture here http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dadS9almTsE/TaQl3jSqzcI/Ai0/KcVR26eDkt0/s1600/e-cats1.jpg has something off-the-shelf that might be a thermocouple or heater.. but does not look like a spark plug. However, requiring two heaters always seemed a little odd... My reactor has the nickel powders in a test tube within the reactor and external band heater. I can't imagine the sparks would need to come in contact with the nickel powder. Thoughts? Looking for volunteers.. :) - Brad
Re: [Vo]:Topological Materials Rant
Axil, Are you still of the opinion that Rydberg matter is the key foundation for the creation of such exotic topological structures? In your opinion, is it a coincidence that these exotic structures are found on a Nickel substrate material? Or is Nickel key to these phenomena? Jojo - Original Message - From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:49 PM Subject: [Vo]:Topological Materials Rant Topological Materials Rant At the broadest level of explanation, cold fusion is a result of the heavy compression of electrons to such a high level that their mutually repulsive forces overlap causing the various quantum constituents to disaggregate into separated piles of quantum waves: charge, spin, orbit(aka, angular momentum). Electric charge is stripped en mass from the rest and the location and activity of these waves are distinct and removed to a distance from their originating particles. This compression of such a chaotic electron fluid is not easy to do because the electrons are so small and slippery. Confining electrons together to prohibit the electrons following their usual state of free motion requires special materials configured in just the right way. When this chaotic electron fluid is tamed in this way, waves of charge will form. It is the concentrated action of these waves of charge that take down the coulomb barrier. But it's not easy to squeeze the electrons mutually, because these tiny particles can leak away into even the tiniest holes of a lattice of atoms. And the electrons must also be able to move. They cannot be frozen solid in place as happens in a Mott insulator. To engineer a situation where electron movement is restricted in just the right way, one must look toward the newly evolving field of materials engineering: topological materials. The chemical organization of topological materials, their size and shape of certain combinations of atoms and their positions relative to each other will break apart electrons into their most elemental quantum mechanical parts. Just in the last few years, one and two dimensional materials have been discovered and strange new classes of matter are being formed. But factional angular momentum, the magnetic monopole and the Majorana particle…A particle that is its own antiparticle and thus capable of self – annihilation…only can exist in their own very special atomic topological neighborhood. This is what Mills needs to understand. You cannot generalize these special cases to the whole of creation. The following article inspired this rant on topological matter. http://phys.org/news/2012-05-x-ray-laser-uncovers-secrets-complex.html X-ray laser uncovers secrets of complex oxide material.
Re: [Vo]:Cold Fusion generated helium
In other words, Rossi says: Yes, it is rude of you to ask. One might think that confirming low-energy nuclear transmutations, even with an experiment as simple as carbon in the microwave, could get enough resources to do an X-Ray Fluorescence or mass spectrometry test. But the US federal government has spent nearly $70 billion on “climate change activities since 2008. (Oops, was that politics?) - Brad
Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?
Hi Brad, I've been wondering if the spark plug was just being used as a high pressure plug for the Nickel/H chamber. I checked all the photos for ones where the spark plug was connected and couldn't find anything definite. Colin On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:07 AM, ecat builder ecatbuil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Vortex, I'm thinking of dusting off my experiments. My LabJack is fixed (Thanks LabJack guys) and I have some nickel alloy powder I am anxious to try. And I can add a spark plug easily. DGT said they can trigger the reaction on demand. It sure seems like their trigger is a single spark or a burst of sparks. Thoughts? Can anyone recommend a way to create a single or continuous sparks with a spark plug using off-the-shelf parts? I have a simple frequency generator (sine/sqr/tri waves) that I can use, which I could hook to an SCR and send voltage to a coil. But I'd rather use off the shelf... but a circuit diagram might work too. Or, could I use something like a strobe light kit that uses a plug instead of a flashtube? Rossi's original big blue voltage box.. Could it be putting out high voltage to spark the Auxiliary device? I can't find a close-up of the blue box (inside or back) to see if anything looks like a coil. An early reactor picture here http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dadS9almTsE/TaQl3jSqzcI/Ai0/KcVR26eDkt0/s1600/e-cats1.jpg has something off-the-shelf that might be a thermocouple or heater.. but does not look like a spark plug. However, requiring two heaters always seemed a little odd... My reactor has the nickel powders in a test tube within the reactor and external band heater. I can't imagine the sparks would need to come in contact with the nickel powder. Thoughts? Looking for volunteers.. :) - Brad
Re: [Vo]:Topological Materials Rant
According to the researches of Prof. Piantelli Nickel is only one of the transition metals able to generate the anomalous phenomena (excess heat) if in form of adequate nanoclusters. On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Jojo Jaro jth...@hotmail.com wrote: ** Axil, Are you still of the opinion that Rydberg matter is the key foundation for the creation of such exotic topological structures? In your opinion, is it a coincidence that these exotic structures are found on a Nickel substrate material? Or is Nickel key to these phenomena? Jojo - Original Message - *From:* Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com *To:* vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com *Sent:* Friday, May 18, 2012 12:49 PM *Subject:* [Vo]:Topological Materials Rant Topological Materials Rant At the broadest level of explanation, cold fusion is a result of the heavy compression of electrons to such a high level that their mutually repulsive forces overlap causing the various quantum constituents to disaggregate into separated piles of quantum waves: charge, spin, orbit(aka, angular momentum). Electric charge is stripped en mass from the rest and the location and activity of these waves are distinct and removed to a distance from their originating particles. This compression of such a chaotic electron fluid is not easy to do because the electrons are so small and slippery. Confining electrons together to prohibit the electrons following their usual state of free motion requires special materials configured in just the right way. When this chaotic electron fluid is tamed in this way, waves of charge will form. It is the concentrated action of these waves of charge that take down the coulomb barrier. But it's not easy to squeeze the electrons mutually, because these tiny particles can leak away into even the tiniest holes of a lattice of atoms. And the electrons must also be able to move. They cannot be frozen solid in place as happens in a Mott insulator. To engineer a situation where electron movement is restricted in just the right way, one must look toward the newly evolving field of materials engineering: topological materials. The chemical organization of topological materials, their size and shape of certain combinations of atoms and their positions relative to each other will break apart electrons into their most elemental quantum mechanical parts. Just in the last few years, one and two dimensional materials have been discovered and strange new classes of matter are being formed. But factional angular momentum, the magnetic monopole and the Majorana particle…A particle that is its own antiparticle and thus capable of self – annihilation…only can exist in their own very special atomic topological neighborhood. This is what Mills needs to understand. You cannot generalize these special cases to the whole of creation. The following article inspired this rant on topological matter. http://phys.org/news/2012-05-x-ray-laser-uncovers-secrets-complex.html *X-ray laser uncovers secrets of complex oxide material. * -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
Re: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to?
Thanks Jojo.. Are you currently testing Ni+H2+heat+pressure+sparks? Can you give us an update on your experiments (or do you have a web site/blog?) Care to share your circuit for your SCR spark generator? Colin: Using a spark plug as a high pressure electric pass-through is possible, but seems like a hack that wouldn't be used except in a crude prototype. I am hoping DGT is beyond that. Maybe a red herring.. or a mistake that shouldn't have been in the released pictures. - Brad On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Jojo Jaro jth...@hotmail.com wrote: Here's some off-the-shelf parts that you can use. The CDI Ignition box can connect directly to a spark plug and you can drive this ignition box with an Ignition Tester. You can drive sparks at a rate of 300 to 20,000 RPM. http://www.rccdi.com/news/ignition/1.html My old design used these, but I upgraded my ignition box to a custom design SCR circuit driven by my MF-28 data acquisition module. I did this to achieve more output, more controllability and more programmability. Jojo - Original Message - From: ecat builder ecatbuil...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:07 AM Subject: [Vo]:Spark plugs... thoughts and how-to? Hi Vortex, I'm thinking of dusting off my experiments. My LabJack is fixed (Thanks LabJack guys) and I have some nickel alloy powder I am anxious to try. And I can add a spark plug easily. DGT said they can trigger the reaction on demand. It sure seems like their trigger is a single spark or a burst of sparks. Thoughts? Can anyone recommend a way to create a single or continuous sparks with a spark plug using off-the-shelf parts? I have a simple frequency generator (sine/sqr/tri waves) that I can use, which I could hook to an SCR and send voltage to a coil. But I'd rather use off the shelf... but a circuit diagram might work too. Or, could I use something like a strobe light kit that uses a plug instead of a flashtube? Rossi's original big blue voltage box.. Could it be putting out high voltage to spark the Auxiliary device? I can't find a close-up of the blue box (inside or back) to see if anything looks like a coil. An early reactor picture here http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dadS9almTsE/TaQl3jSqzcI/Ai0/KcVR26eDkt0/s1600/e-cats1.jpg has something off-the-shelf that might be a thermocouple or heater.. but does not look like a spark plug. However, requiring two heaters always seemed a little odd... My reactor has the nickel powders in a test tube within the reactor and external band heater. I can't imagine the sparks would need to come in contact with the nickel powder. Thoughts? Looking for volunteers.. :) - Brad
