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Re: TC for Electrolysis?
Hi Steve,
Yes, capacitive coupling to one electrode is how Tesla powered his one
wire/no wire demonstrations in lighting bulbs and powering motors. What TC
design did you use to do this demonstration? What was the power
input/output to gases generated? Electrolysis cell design setup? Estimated
efficiency?
Thanks - Mike
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Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: TC for Electrolysis?
>Original Poster: "Steve" <Steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk>
>
>Certainly water can be electrolysed using AC, I do it regularly as a
>demonstration in the school where I work. I see no theoretical reason why
>you couldn't do it using the single electrode, with ground providing the
>other conductor, capacitively coupled to the electrode. I don't imagine it
>would be very efficient though!
>Steve Cook
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>> Original Poster: "mrand" <mrand-at-iols-dot-net>
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>> Yes, I was thinking of electrolysis of water to get H2 & O2 gases. Do
you
>> think a TC can do this? Maybe with just one wire from a bipolar coil?
>> Thanks - Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: TC for Electrolysis?
>>
>>
>> >Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
>> >
>> >In a message dated 1/6/2000 5:30:13 PM Mountain Standard Time,
>> >tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> In Tesla's 1892 lecture before the IEE in London, he said the
>> >following:
>> >> "... Or we may, by the help of some artifice, decompose a solution in
>> any
>> >> electrolytic cell by connecting only one pole of the cell to the line
>or
>> >> source of energy." This statement followed his description of
>rotating
>> a
>> >> motor with a single wire from his bipolar HV/HF generator.
>> >>
>> >> Has any performed this experiment, or know of other researchers that
>> have,
>> >> to see if it is possible to decompose a solution in an electrolytic
>cell
>> >> with one pole from a TC?
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions on how to rectify the output from a bipolar TC?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks - Mike
>> >
>> >Hi Mike,
>> > If you read what you wrote above more closely, it says that you
>could
>> >decompose a solution in an electrolytic cell. This would not require DC
>> >current. If you wish to reduce a metal ion to the metal, then it would
>be
>> >best if DC were used in order to collect the metal onto the cathode, but
>if
>> >the reduction potential is such that reduction occurs preferentially to
>> >hydrogen production (like with gold, silver, etc) AC could be used.
>> > Mike Hollingsworth
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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