Re: water spark gaps

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On old friend of mine served in the Tank Corps. He was stationed in a
barracks that had no hot water system They heated water using a metal bucket
and a piece of steel sheet. The bucket was filled with water. One side of
the mains supply (240V) was connected to the bucket, the metal plate was
connected to the other side. When the plate was put in the water it heated
very rapidly, and the lights went dim!
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Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: water spark gaps


> Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 12/2/00 2:48:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> << Yep, speculation... Here is an interesting side note though.. I have a
>  steam vaporizer for the kids room that essentially works by passing
110VAC
>  through water to heat it and boil it. A very simple device.. two carbon
>  rods are the electrodes.  No mention is made of electrolysis in the
manual,
>  and if there WERE a signficant explosion hazard, I think they would have
to
>  mention it.. >>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I have one of those vaporizers, too and it works the same way that you
> described. One thing that you didn't mention that is required (at least
> with mine) is that you have to add a couple of teaspoons of table salt
> to the water to  increase it's ionization (conductivity).
>
> David Rieben
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