My reason for saying "tesla coil" is because Stan stated to me that a Tesla coil is part of the circuit and process.
The description of the inductive coupling on Wiki seems to match what you want in the Meyer circuit, ie. resonance. Wiki also mentions the Fluorescent light fixture as having the type of coupling coil that people try to use for a basic Meyer circuit.
Somewhere on the net there is a story that Stephen Meyer discovered the process of splitting the water after knocking a fluorescent light into a tank of water.
I know for a fact that something like this happened as Stan told me, "I didn't discover the circuit. My brother did." He told me that Stephen "Doesn't want anything to with making hydrogen and saving the world."
As we all know Stephen was very helpful in building and testing systems but he really didn't care for the fame and fortune involved.
A search of "inductive canceling" doesn't really even provide any explanations.
Cheers,
JP
Hy! Good to see, that you can remember a lot of things!:exclamation: :idea:
;)Did he mean with flourescent light something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lampMost of them do have something like this inside
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverter_%28electrical%29 (generally)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonant_inverterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCFL_inverterDifferent types are listet on the right side of Wiki. You see that the resonance transformer can work out of resonance (old one), in a harmonic frequency of the secondary side or at exactly the same frequency. Which one can the VIC be? Whatever, generating a high voltage should not be the problem.
But this is a good hint I think, unfortunately doesn´t solve the problem, how it is possible to generate a hugh electrical field (high voltage) between the electrodes immersed in water without electrolyses:
Generating a high voltage isn´t the problem IMHO (many types of circuits are good for it). But this works in lamps and air (ozon generator,...).
In water, there is the problem of the "pollution" of different minerals like iron. So a lot of free ions are in the water. The ions cause electrolyses. Ok, we can stop electrolyses with a big resistor or a big coil, but then also the voltage in the Water Cell will be lowered. See the different posts of users which can only perform ~10V to the cell.
Edit:
An other theorie is, that after a little google search, a CFL (flourescent lamp) works with mercury inside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29 (Danger, it is a toxic material)
Lamps with mercury inside emits light in wide spectrum also a very strong UV wave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltravioletThe UV wave emitted works with a frequency of ~10^12.
We know also that UV LED were used in Meyers device.... UV LEDs are available from ~380 to ~450 nm wavelenght.
Maybe UV waves are the key??
Maybe the electrodes work like an antenna for the UV waves. Would this be possible? Are there radio engineers in this forum ??
:D It is possible, that a harmonic frequency can also work.:exclamation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effectregards