Re: D.C. Danger with water gaps

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/1/01 10:42:49 PM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< I've also heard of using barrels of water as resistive ballasts for tesla
 coils.  This doesn't involve water heater elements.  Using a 55 gallon
 poly drum full of water a person would just need to vary the depth
 of two steel electrodes in the water to control the current.
 
 -Mac >>

A barrel of water makes a good dummy antenna load for 50 kW transmitters.
I would like to know if anyone has confirmed the presence of pure hydrogen 
and 
oxygen produced by AC. The water level has to drop as the gas evolves. I 
thought
water heaters use immersion heaters 

Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman