Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-27 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 26, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: Horace, 2009/11/26 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: snip Here is the original explanation, less the garbled indicator test information: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... It is the presence

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-27 Thread Michel Jullian
2009/11/27 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: I'd like to see what happens to the bubbles when the battery is disconnected.  If it really is a fuel cell it should be possible to bubble O2 and H2 (from another cell) around the separate wires and get a sustained current. A very good idea,

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-26 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 25, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Michel Jullian wrote: Horace, My comments below, some things are still wrong 2009/11/25 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: Gad. It still isn't right! Corrections below. I have vertigo at the moment and can't think straight. I've actually done half of

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-26 Thread Michel Jullian
Horace, 2009/11/26 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: snip Here is the original explanation, less the garbled indicator test information: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... It is the presence of the high concentration of ions in solution that

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-25 Thread Michel Jullian
Hi Horace, Your alternative explanation for the device doesn't work, see my comments in your text below. 2009/11/23 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: See: http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/fuel_cell/fuel_cell.html I had no

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-25 Thread Horace Heffner
Michel, here I'll take another shot at getting things right. On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: See: http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/fuel_cell/ fuel_cell.html I had no idea an ultraclean rechargeable battery could be done so simply! Supplies: - One foot of

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-25 Thread Horace Heffner
Gad. It still isn't right! Corrections below. I have vertigo at the moment and can't think straight. I've actually done half of this experiment, though decades ago, and it is interesting how the concentration gradient wanders, it doesn't follow what you would expect for any kind of E

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-25 Thread Michel Jullian
Horace, My comments below, some things are still wrong 2009/11/25 Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net: Gad.  It still isn't right!  Corrections below.  I have vertigo at the moment and can't think straight.  I've actually done half of this experiment, though decades ago, and it is

[Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-23 Thread Michel Jullian
See: http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/fuel_cell/fuel_cell.html I had no idea an ultraclean rechargeable battery could be done so simply! Supplies: - One foot of platinum coated nickel wire, or pure platinum wire. Since this is not a common household item, we carry platinum coated nickel

Re: [Vo]:DIY electrolytic cell / fuel cell rechargeable battery

2009-11-23 Thread Horace Heffner
On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Michel Jullian wrote: See: http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/fuel_cell/ fuel_cell.html I had no idea an ultraclean rechargeable battery could be done so simply! Supplies: - One foot of platinum coated nickel wire, or pure platinum wire. Since this is