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/AAAAAAAAAi0/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
