Sounds like 2 problems. First the water is not pure enough, distilled or not.
The LED should not come on as soon as you apply power. Second you need to be
current limiting.

Marshall

Dave Lewis wrote:

> Hi,
> I have had a go at making the CS by distilling my own water and making a DC
> CS generator.  The water is in an enclosed container with a hole in the top
> and placed on a cooker.  A tube comes from the top into a cold flask, where
> the water then condensates.  This water is used for the CS.  The gen is made
> from a HP printer power supply (about 37V DC when I measured it) with an LED
> in series attaching to 2 silver wires (99.9999%).
>
> When it is switched on, the LED comes on immediately and is quite bright.
> The bubbles start after about 1 second and a grey cloud comes off the other
> terminal.  It makes the water a dirty cloudy grey.  I think there is
> something wrong with the setup here, as I have read it should turn out
> yellow.  Are there any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave.
>
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