In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:55 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Turn up electrolysis power for 3 minutes. The temperature starts to rise. >Turn the power back down again. Temperature stabilizes, starts to fall . . . >Wait for it . . . Wait for it . . . Minutes later the cell starts to >self-heat, as positive feedback kicks in. It ramps up slowly, over several >minutes, and finally reaches the "climax" boil off (as Biberian calls it). > [snip] Minutes are typical time intervals for thermal transmission. Perhaps it just takes a while for the heat to reach the active sites?
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