Re: D.C. Danger with water gaps

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

(olde matter...)

Tesla list wrote:
 
> Original poster: "Albert Hassick" <uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com>
 
> 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