I expect a certain amount of hydrogen and oxygen would have been bubbling
up
from that outlet.


Electrolysis from an AC source?

I'll have to give that some thought. Every bubble from either
conductor would alternate between hydrogen and oxygen.
Good one, Peter, now I'll be thinking about that... you know.. a bitf
like a song that won't go away...a whistled tune...like Andy
Griffith's Mayberry RFD

The very reason you don't use AC for electrolysis. You end up with
containers full of H2 and O2. Not something you want to have.

"no spam" wrote in message . net...

I expect a certain amount of hydrogen and oxygen would have been bubbling up
from that outlet.


Electrolysis from an AC source?

I'll have to give that some thought. Every bubble from either
conductor would alternate between hydrogen and oxygen.
Good one, Peter, now I'll be thinking about that... you know.. a bitf
like a song that won't go away...a whistled tune...like Andy
Griffith's Mayberry RFD

The very reason you don't use AC for electrolysis. You end up with containers full of H2 and O2.
Not something you want to have.

H2 and O2 mixed, off each electrode. Start running.

You can also use the same thing for gathering worms for fishing. Just
wet two spots in the soil, stick two large nails into the soil and hook
the magneto to the nails. Crank like hell.

Dave N


Doug Miller wrote:
In article Sl0xi.68065$SV4.62923@trnddc08, wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

In article , "Toller"

wrote:


Oh, to answer your question; without dissolved salt; water does not conduct
electricity.


That's not true. *Pure* water is a very poor conductor of electricity -- but
having *anything* dissolved in it (not just salt) makes it conductive.



All the rain was distilled water.


What, you think all the water in the lake got there directly as rainfall? None
of it was runoff? And nothing ever dissolved in it afterward?


Way back when, long before now, hopefully long enough ago for
the statutes of limitations to expire, we used to do what we
called "telephoning fish". We did this using the generator

from the old crank telephones. Drop a weighted wire to the

bottom and another wire that we just stuck in the top of the
pond, stream, creek, etc. Crank on the handle, and fish would
float up. This was fresh water. It seemed to conduct the
current well enough to stun the fish.


Cool! I've heard of that before, but never saw it done. How big a fish can you
stun this way? And how far away from the apparatus?

In article , d@p says...
H2 and O2 mixed, off each electrode. Start running.

but no smoking heels ;-)

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In article om,
Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 17, 12:43 pm, "Morris Dovey" wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

| (Taking my shoe off and calling the Chief.)

ROFL so hard it Hz!

Give it up, Max - one switch from positive to negative plus one switch
from negative to positive is two switches per cycle.

Check with Emma Peel - she'll set you straight.


The cycle starts of at 0 degrees and rotates to a max positive at 90
degrees then positive diminishes to 0 at 180 degrees. Then at 270
degrees max negative diminishing to 0 at 360 degrees.
Or, as the Chief says; "One positive lump. followd by a negative hump,
polarity changes once."


Tell me, if polarity only changes once, how does it get _back_ to the
original polarity for the start of the next cycle?

'zero-crossings' (a.k.a. as 'polarity reversals') happen every HALF-CYCLE.

Positive-to-negative (occuring at 180 degrees) is one reversal
Negative to positive (occuring at 360 degrees) is a _second_ reversal.

Only _after_ reaching the 360 degree point are you back to 'status quo ante',
for the start of the next cycle.

On Aug 18, 4:37 am, (Robert Bonomi) wrote:
In article om,





Robatoy wrote:
On Aug 17, 12:43 pm, "Morris Dovey" wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

| (Taking my shoe off and calling the Chief.)

ROFL so hard it Hz!

Give it up, Max - one switch from positive to negative plus one switch
from negative to positive is two switches per cycle.

Check with Emma Peel - she'll set you straight.

The cycle starts of at 0 degrees and rotates to a max positive at 90
degrees then positive diminishes to 0 at 180 degrees. Then at 270
degrees max negative diminishing to 0 at 360 degrees.
Or, as the Chief says; "One positive lump. followd by a negative hump,
polarity changes once."

Tell me, if polarity only changes once, how does it get _back_ to the
original polarity for the start of the next cycle?

'zero-crossings' (a.k.a. as 'polarity reversals') happen every HALF-CYCLE.

Positive-to-negative (occuring at 180 degrees) is one reversal
Negative to positive (occuring at 360 degrees) is a _second_ reversal.

Only _after_ reaching the 360 degree point are you back to 'status quo ante',
for the start of the next cycle.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's fine by me...but YOU deal with Maxwell Smart.

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:27:46 -0700, Robatoy
wrote:


That's fine by me...but YOU deal with Maxwell Smart.

For any who might be interested,

http://www.auburn.edu/~smith01/notes/maxdem.htm

is a reference to "Maxwell's Demon". Although I'll readily admit that
contemplation of Agent 99 and Mrs. Peel Is much more the stuff dreams
are made of.

Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA

steve robinson wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

On Aug 17, 12:43 pm, "Morris Dovey" wrote:
Robatoy wrote:

(Taking my shoe off and calling the Chief.)

ROFL so hard it Hz!

Give it up, Max - one switch from positive to negative plus one
switch from negative to positive is two switches per cycle.

Check with Emma Peel - she'll set you straight.


The cycle starts of at 0 degrees and rotates to a max positive at
90
degrees then positive diminishes to 0 at 180 degrees. Then at 270
degrees max negative diminishing to 0 at 360 degrees.
Or, as the Chief says; "One positive lump. followd by a negative
hump, polarity changes once."

I want to write more, but Emma is trying to strap me to the
bedposts.

Poor me....


Is that leather strap , thigh boots and spiky heels

Did Emma ever really wear thigh boots? Boots yes, but I seem to
remember the really high ones being on Tara King.

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