The first extremely crude experiment is to learn how to handle the components. That seems to be coming along well when you look at the first approach where I used table salt and two nickels. Next, it was with sodium bromide which behaved quite a bit better but still was seriously gooping up the electrolyte when two nickels were used. It was hard to keep the oxide layer clean enough to get any significant current into the system. Of course I had to find something less reactive so I obtained a stainless steel child's table spoon for the inactive electrode.
This setup works far better than the others, but after many hours of running the stainless forgot it was not supposed to stain. The electrolyte started to have a rust color and I decided to improve things. So, I purchased a better known electrolyte which is sodium carbonate and some mechanical pencil leads. The tiny lead can apparently handle 1 amp of current and is holding up well thus far. My electrolyte is still very clear and there are no noticeable deposits within it. Furthermore, now my nickel which is connected to the negative supply terminal does not show any tarnish whatsoever. I can not detect a line on its surface where the electrolyte line occurs either. I guess you could say my technique has improved significantly! I plan to let this system run for a few days and see if anything unusual shows up. Later I might make the setup far more controlled if anything of interest appears. That is when I will use a thermal probe of some sorts and might begin accurate documentation. I am still learning the basics and want to try several insane ideas before I get too serious. It really would be incredible if it is possible to construct a simple LENR device at home, but at the moment I am betting that it is not going to work. Eric, you should put one of these into operation to improve the chances of success. The same applies to others of the vortex, there is plenty of room available for you to join in and have a bit of fun. I am seeing a significant quantity of hydrogen bubbling off the nickel and oxygen leaving the pencil lead. There is a temptation to light a match.... Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Sun, Sep 23, 2012 9:30 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Good Alloy for Celani type reaction costs 5 cents : Chuck Sites On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:00 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: At the moment my hydrogen loading system is taking 1 amp at about 20 volts. The voltage reading varies greatly depending upon the spacing between the electrodes as expected with a resistive electrolyte. I'm enjoying the crazy tabletop experiment a little more than I should. Let's see -- a nickel coin, pencil lead, borax ... Maybe you can work out and document a simple protocol for others, and then do large run of the experiments, and, using statistical analysis, show that there's a significant difference in the integrated temperature series in the cell with the nickel versus the cell with the pencil lead. Just for fun, you could use a simple mercury thermometer rather than something fancy; there would be no end to the amusement if LENR could be convincingly established using stuff that can be found in one's home. Eric
