There are some interesting pieces of equipment on this website that may be useful in experimenting.
http://www.amazing1.com/hv-hf-power-supplies.htm In particular, I'm thinking the high frequency AC would be useful in inducing high surface current flow in the electrodes (i.e., Robert Godes method). On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chuck, > > I blew my wall wort power supplies. The IOIO board current for USB > charging was set to low causing my phone to lose a connection with the > board. This then caused the AC and DC supplies to short together. Which > is not that big of a deal as I still have some that I haven't burned up > yet. Really, I need to get some good power supplies with protection > against things like that. The AC ones burn out pretty easily, so it is > definitely better to pulse them on and off to give them time to cool. > > Anyway, I took that opportunity to relocate everything to my basement as > the temperature variations in the garage add a complicating layer to all > the measurements. At the same time, I got my temp sensors in from Atlas > Scientific. I then hooked them up to the IOIO board and did the > programming to measure the voltages and convert to temperature. They are > working well. Just last night, I got everything set up again. I need to > do a little more programming to save the recorded temperature values to a > file. > > If I can get an AC power supply that will hold up, I'll do a several day > automated run. > > 1. Run on DC only and see the max temp achieved. > 2. Run on AC only and see the max temp achieved. > 3. Run AC/DC switching and see the max temp achieved. > > I think in theory #3 should produce a max temp somewhere in between 1 and > 2. If it's greater than 1 and 2, that would be very interesting. I'll > make another video once I start running again. > > Jack > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Chuck Sites <cbsit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Jack for the find. Good info. I love the idea of doing a CF >> experiment via an Android phone app. Just add a couple of thermistors and >> a hacked together current and voltage multi-meter function and you will >> have all necessary measurements for calorimetry data collection. How is >> the experiment going by the way? For the DC/AC do charge the nickel with >> H. So, on the DC cycle, you will want to nickel to be Cathod (-) this >> time. >> The idea with the AC, is you want as much hydrogen stuffed into the >> niickel lattice as you can get initially. Once the surface lattice is >> loaded several atoms deep, switch the current to AC. >> >> Summery; start high-current DC with Nickel as the Cathode (-) to infuse >> H into the Nickel lattice. Then apply AC to alternate the electro-motive >> forces on the H in the lattice. If you using two nickels in the AC/DC >> experiment, then the nickel on the (-) cathode should get hot during the AC >> cycle. The purpose of the AC is to create an EMF that will vibrate the H >> such that fusion probability increases. >> >> Best Regards, >> Chuck >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Chuck. It's a fun hobby. >>> >>> I don't program in Java having done so much in visual basic over the >>> years. Fortunately, I found a language for Android that is very much like >>> VB called >>> Basic4Android<https://www.plimus.com/jsp/redirect.jsp?contractId=1715566&referrer=1047706>. >>> It has a library for the IOIO board. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Chuck Sites <cbsit...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for sharing the video Jack. I really like how your controlling >>>> that with and Android and IOIO microcontroller. I'm a beginner Android >>>> developer and the little IOIO PIC device is really cool. That is a great >>>> way of doing a duty cycle on the AC/DC. >>>> Here is a nice discussion on the IOIO (yo-yo) board for others that >>>> might be interested. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://androidcontrol.blogspot.com/2011/10/ioio-board-for-android-control-io.html >>>> >>>> Best Regards, >>>> Chuck >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I shot a little video of my latest experiment with borax. It is >>>>> controlled with an Android phone, IOIO microcontroller, and relay bank. I >>>>> am switching back and forth between AC and DC current supplies. Pardon >>>>> the >>>>> mess of wires as I am early in the process. It is interesting how the >>>>> electrolyte turns a copper brown color. That was after running 1 1/2 days >>>>> on DC current at 5 to 13 watts. I'm using the same 8 nickels on the >>>>> thoriated tungsten rod as a cathode and 4 stainless steel washers as the >>>>> anode. There is more heating and almost no bubbles on AC. I'm not sure >>>>> what brown color is about. I've seen this repeatedly. >>>>> >>>>> What I'm interested to try is to see the max temperature achieved by >>>>> AC alone, then DC alone, and then AC and DC alternating for different >>>>> periods of time. >>>>> >>>>> http://youtu.be/sH90M85S2mE >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Jack >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
