David, the spot welder works with extremely low impedance to begin with. It just puts that high power straight through the metal to melt it (low voltage and high current ~4000 amps). Do you think that tiny amount of water film would have much effect on the impendance when the electrode is also directly touching the copper?
It's worth thinking about some more. Can you think of how to test it? Best, Jack On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:01 AM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting results Jack. Could it be that with copper only the > conductivity of the path is so low that the voltage is nearly shorted out > at the pellet? This excellent short might prevent the voltage from rising > enough thereby keeping the power and energy into the pellet at a low value. > > A water film by contrast has much more impedance than copper and that will > result in a voltage increase and hence more energy being delivered. What > I am describing is related to the concept of matching the source impedance > to get the maximum power from the source. In that case an open or short > will have zero power delivered. You may have a near zero condition with > copper only and a much better power match with the water film. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Cole <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 6:39 am > Subject: Re: [Vo]:SunCell - Initial Replication Attempt > > It was with a tiny piece of copper wire that I dipped in water and put > between the electrodes. The amount of water is minuscule (the amount that > managed to adhere to the metal). You don't get that without the water. > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Jojo Iznart <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> was that the spark with or without fuel (water pellets)? >> >> >> Jojo >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Jack Cole <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2014 9:15 AM >> *Subject:* [Vo]:SunCell - Initial Replication Attempt >> >> Hi Folks, >> I was excited to receive my spot welder today. After ensuring it was in >> working order, I decided to get right to it and see if I could get anything >> like what BLP showed. Lo and behold I got something on the first try. >> I remembered Mills talking about all the different possibilities for >> types of conductors that they might use in the commercial device, and >> copper was one of them. I cut a very small piece of copper wire, dipped it >> in water, placed it on the electrodes, hit the switch, and pop with some >> bright light! >> Here's a link to the vid. Sorry for the bad camera work. >> Let me know what you think. I'll do another vid soon in complete >> darkness. >> http://youtu.be/d6XYqEhwZgA >> Jack >> >> >
