Re: D.C. Danger with water gaps

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Original poster: "Steve Cook by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk>

I actually occasionally perform a demonstration where I electrolyse water
using ac, and explode the mixture in a plastic bag. As far as electrolysis
is concerned it makes no difference whether you use ac or dc, the products
are the same. hydrogen and oxygen in the proportion of 2:1, the optimal
proportions for an explosion!
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Subject: Re: D.C. Danger with water gaps


> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>
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> (olde matter...)
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> > Original poster: "Albert Hassick" <uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com>
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> > Hi All.  I feel that coilers should take extreme caution when utilizing
> > D.C. powered apparatus in spark gaps or capacitors that use water for
the
> > medium.  Literature I have about making hydrogen gas to propel internal
> > combustion engines points out that using D.C. electric is one way of
> > producing hydrogen gas.  So all you folks out there, please be careful
> > not to introduce powerful D.C. currents into your water experiments, It
> > can be an extreme hazard.
>
> Indeed.
> And AC produces oxygen and hydrogen together at each electrode.
> In critical quantities...
>
> best
> dwp
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