Hi Chuck,
I am trying something a bit different at this point. My plan is to load the
nickel with hydrogen somewhat similar to the palladium experiments. The
hydrogen is supposed to come out of solution on the metal connected to the -
terminal of the power supply while the other gas is emitted at the + terminal.
I think you may have your nickel and penny switched, but that might be required
for some unknown reason.
I will connect it as you have after I finish this experiment to see if I get
similar results to what you are obtaining. I have had to replenish the water
several times as well as add extra electrolyte, otherwise it would have boiled
off. Actually, I have gone so far as to stop the experiment twice and totally
clean up the pieces and then use a new mixture of electrolyte. I want to make
sure you know that washing soda (sodium carbonate) is the electrolyte I am
using currently. I will change this back to borax when I try your exact
experiment.
My supply is current limited and will not increase beyond what it is set for.
I would see my supply voltage drop toward zero if the system resistance were to
head in that direction.
I am positive that I am reading the voltage and current across and through the
cell. On occasions I have recorded the open circuit cell output voltage as a
function of time immediately after disconnect and it has interesting behavior.
This appears to be a quick way to test the electrolyte condition, but I have
not put much effort into performing calibration.
The experiment that I am currently conducting is different in the ways that I
mentioned Chuck.
I am assuming that you are using DC power since you speak of a positive and
negative terminal. Let me know if this is not true.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Sites <cbsit...@gmail.com>
To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Fri, Sep 28, 2012 1:43 am
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Good Alloy for Celani type reaction costs 5 cents : Chuck
Sites
Hi Dave,
I never had one fail. The ratio is 3g Borax to 100ml of distilled H20 (no
water softener or anything like that).
Nickel on the +side, and copper wire on the - side. I saw the effect come on
in as little as 3hrs. Are you replicating the ptree dish experiment? 36hrs
is far to long. You should have boiled the water off by now Its either
wrong polarity or wrong materials.
There is something to note about what Dave is seeing. 36hr with nothing like I
saw with Copper and Al, Steel, Iron, Zinc and copper. If your not seeing it
after 36hrs, you need to try again. This effect is robust.
I hope your measuring the voltage and amperage going into the cell(s). When I
saw the heat, the current would shoot through the roof, just like somehow the
resistance drops toward zero.
Best Regards,
Chuck
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:07 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote:
Unfortunately I have not seem any measurable rise above the electrolyte
temperature yet. My experiment has been running for about 36 hours so far.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan J Fletcher <a...@well.com>
To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 27, 2012 6:18 pm
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Good Alloy for Celani type reaction costs 5 cents : Chuck
Sites
At 02:18 PM 9/27/2012, David Roberson wrote:
I alsoplaced my connections above the bath. With Borax, they had to befairly
close together to get 1 amp. I estimate from memory about1/2 inch maximum.
Thanks --- have you observed HOT NICKELS yet?
