DC electrolysis is inefficient at raising the temperature of an electrolyte for two obvious reasons. Water-splitting itself uses up much of the current, and when the split gases are not recombined, then that energy is completely lost; plus the split gases, apart from the energy used to split them - can also carry away an additional amount of the heat as saturated mist, which actually cools the electrolyte.
You were less than 50% efficient in heating the water with DC. If there was any slight gain from Ni-H or boron, it would have been completely missed in the inefficiency. If your main goal is to raise the heat of the electrolyte - then DC is not the way to go - use AC and use wider separation of electrodes - limit bubble formation as much as possible - thus to maximize the Ohmic heat retained in the electrolyte. That way, if there is any excess heat from an anomalous source - you will at least have a chance that it can be seen. From: Jack Cole It was 5 oz of water. I shut it down after the temp maxed out at 158F. "Arnaud Kodeck" wrote: If Jack use more than 884g of water, we are sure that there is another energy source (chemical or other).
