> 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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