Re: H2O Fuel
Mike Johnston ( enki@csrlink.net )
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 15:02:17 -0500
Hi Tom,
Unfortunately I have found that there seems to be quite a bit of
misinformation out there about this subject. Your response illustrates
one of these points. Your assertion is plain wrong. Actually, pure,
distilled water is a very poor conductor of electricity and so not
suitable for use by itself.
It is true that pure water would be more desirable because it
doesn't carry with it any pollutants like limestone, mud or sewage
because these things would tend to collect in your electrolysis cell as
precipitates and mess things up.
What is required is the addition of an electrolyte such as sodium
chloride to the distilled water so that it works. If you don't believe
me try it yourself. I have.
For my experiment I used a commercially available 6 pack cooler made
of non conducting PVC plastic as the electrolysis cell. I filled it with
tap water and used rock salt as the electrolyte. For electrodes I used a
couple of steel wrenches. For a power source I used a 12v motorcycle
battery charger, plugged into a standard 120v wall outlet. It produced
nice steady streams of H2 and O2 gas.
MJ
There is one thing that I see wrong with this using of water as a fuel.
You have to have PURE water with no extras. Currently on this planet we
have more sources of non pure water than we do for PURE water. If we
ever do use water as a fuel it had better be able to use contaminated
water.[it can]
tom
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