[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Trying again. It bounced on gmail:
Well here's the setup:
http://www.geocities.com/terry1094/JC_Setup_small.JPG
It's being fired by a wall wart rated at 6VDC which is actually
putting out 9VDC with considerable ripple. Probably just a xfmr and a
rect. Only the end plates are energized. The one facing the camera
is the anode.
The container is a teflon coated bread pan confirmed to be fully
electrically insulated. It holds roughly 1/2 gal of water with the cell.
Whats the metal under the Teflon. If there are field effects involved
then induced currents in any metal can cause the effect to fail.
Insulator on metal is not the same as a non metallic container. Also
take a volt meter and check for charge and charge leakage in the unused
wires. The plates are uncharged but will gain charge. If they do they
become positive or negative capacitors. Are the ends of the unused wires
from adjacent plates segregated?
There was no current flow in the cell until I poured in the distilled
water and I immediately saw it rise to 0.8 mA. After 5 min. it was up
to 1.5 mA and seemed fairly steady. I'm keeping a log.
I plan to charge the water for 1 week if I can keep the cats out of
it. There will be plenty available if Vorts want a sample.
Terry
PS Interesting note: After about 10 min., the only bubble formation
was on the anode near the base at the teflon. Aggregrated microbubbles?
