Interesting results Jack. Could it be that with copper only the conductivity of the path is so low that the voltage is nearly shorted out at the pellet? This excellent short might prevent the voltage from rising enough thereby keeping the power and energy into the pellet at a low value.
A water film by contrast has much more impedance than copper and that will result in a voltage increase and hence more energy being delivered. What I am describing is related to the concept of matching the source impedance to get the maximum power from the source. In that case an open or short will have zero power delivered. You may have a near zero condition with copper only and a much better power match with the water film. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 6:39 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:SunCell - Initial Replication Attempt It was with a tiny piece of copper wire that I dipped in water and put between the electrodes. The amount of water is minuscule (the amount that managed to adhere to the metal). You don't get that without the water. On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 5:13 AM, Jojo Iznart <jojoiznar...@gmail.com> wrote: was that the spark with or without fuel (water pellets)? Jojo ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Cole To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 9:15 AM Subject: [Vo]:SunCell - Initial Replication Attempt Hi Folks, I was excited to receive my spot welder today. After ensuring it was in working order, I decided to get right to it and see if I could get anything like what BLP showed. Lo and behold I got something on the first try. I remembered Mills talking about all the different possibilities for types of conductors that they might use in the commercial device, and copper was one of them. I cut a very small piece of copper wire, dipped it in water, placed it on the electrodes, hit the switch, and pop with some bright light! Here's a link to the vid. Sorry for the bad camera work. Let me know what you think. I'll do another vid soon in complete darkness. http://youtu.be/d6XYqEhwZgA Jack
