Such a list would only be useful if put alongside a list of all the things we've been wrong about.
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Such a list would only be useful if put alongside a list of all the things we've been wrong about.
The Man
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Well, it's mostly just one with some remnants of the other upon it and a bit of a notch at the end. Seems more like the results of an anode to cathode reaction than the result of any heat just generated in the vicinity of the electrodes.
A sacrificial anode can be used to protect a metal structure from corrosion by forcing it to be the cathode in such a (though slower) reaction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathodic_protection
Squeegee Beckenheim
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Well, if we're being completely accurate, if you read the Bitcoin thread michaelsuede started, he didn't tell people to invest in it, he called it the most important/most dangerous invention in human history and predicted that it would topple all governments. I don't think there's any evidence as yet that these are accurate statements, so I'm not really sure they can be classified as something he was right about in the past.
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Our distinguished OP appears to latch onto ideas because they promise the end of the hegemony of the concept of hegemony. Do you suppose his ideological position might be what's keeping him from seeing this scam for what it is, in the hope that Libertopia is finally around the corner?
Dave Rogers
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Nice. The idea that the concept of hegemony is a hegemony in its own right has officially blown my mind.
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aleCcowaN
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No ... it has to be more than that ...
There's more than remnants. If you overlay the two directly, you'll see that two thirds of the top edge of the upper electrode (which I believe is the anode) follows exactly the same line in both images, showing that there is no change in the camera or anode position. There is no notch at the end afterward; instead, two deposits with a notch between them have extended the original end. The upper electrode has widened significantly. The entire area of the gap between the two electrodes in the before image is filled with material in the after image.
It certainly appears that material has migrated from the cathode to the nearest side of the anode. Most likely it has indeed vaporized and re-condensed in the process, though some portion, possibly a large portion, of the material might have instead migrated across the arc as larger droplets carried by the vapor. (Note that the re-condensation will give back most of the heat of vaporization, vastly decreasing the overall energy required to cause the reaction.) What happened in the cell appears to be a crude and uncontrolled form of cathodic arc deposition.
LTC8K6
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Even if we grant that one of them has melted, one of them looks just like new.
It seems like they must have been two different materials?
Or the process affecting them is not what we were told?
At least a Daisy BB gun does what it claims to do...
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The DOD/DOE of this and many other countries would be all over it and he wouldn't have to be running around scamming for millions they'd give him billions.
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I disagree, they look like simple domestic, push fit, presoldered plumbing fittings. There isn't any silver solder in there.
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Careful. There is a difference between a push-fit fitting, and the pre-soldered (AKA capillary or "Yorkshire") fittings shown in the image. Push fit are modern plastic things which don't require soldering. These are definitely soldered. Not welded. Not refrigeration. Just standard 12mm soldered copper domestic plumbing fittings.
aleCcowaN
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Then show me where the rim of those fittings is in Mills' thingamajig.
(Guys, you're showing me horrible plumbing fittings. Do you really do your plumbing with that? The original hot water and heating plumbing in my home is made of thick threaded bronze and there hasn't been a leak in the 76 years they are in use)
Red Baron Farms
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What you describe can still be found in marine grade applications, but I have never seen it in residential applications here, no.
Edit PS There are three ways to join copper plumbing besides temporary mechanical type fittings. Soldering, Brazing, Welding. Those fitting LOOK to be brazed. Soldering and Brazing Explained Welding is different because the metal to be joined is melted as well. Those fittings on the unit don't look like they are even thick enough to weld by any method I know of. If you tried to weld them they would likely melt right through. So I am guessing Brazed is the word you are looking for Cowan. Of course there could be a welding technique I am not aware of to do it.
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Andy_Ross
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Standard copper solder fittings in the UK there are variations depending on the manufacturer. Some already have rings of fluxed solder in the fitting (Yorkshire fittings), some don't. For Yorkshire fittings, polish with wire wool, add a bit of flux to the pipe end then assemble and apply heat. For plain fittings it's the same but touch the heated joint with solder. Universal for water pipes and central heating.
Video showing how to use plain and Yorkshire fittings.
Video showing how to use plain and Yorkshire fittings.
aleCcowaN
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Thank you all for all the info. What MikeG's images show looks like what we call here Hidrobronz liviano (lightweight brass). When I installed my dishwasher I had to join the thick threaded bronze with a heavy brass fitting, so I was evenly filing during a couple of hours until I could reduce the 2.5 mm thick bronze to 1.5 mm of the pipe that went into the fitting and then soldered it upwards -there it is when stearin comes handy-. It's been 25 years or so working without problems, knock on wood (Alec knocks his head -or Mills' leg-).
I reckon we always use sturdy fittings because we make furrow-like holes in brick walls, place the piping wrapped in tarred paper and cover it with strong mortar (hot water piping can't go more than 2 metres in a straight line).
Certainly we're a knowledgeable bunch that can call Mill's bluff regarding those copper pipes.
I reckon we always use sturdy fittings because we make furrow-like holes in brick walls, place the piping wrapped in tarred paper and cover it with strong mortar (hot water piping can't go more than 2 metres in a straight line).
Certainly we're a knowledgeable bunch that can call Mill's bluff regarding those copper pipes.
Guybrush Threepwood
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Where on earth do you live?
Anyone got a better image?
Anyway, Alec, I've highlighted the ends of the fittings that I can make out on this crappy image.
Those are clearly plumbing fittings, but equally clearly don't have the solder ring of 'Yorkshire' fittings, so I suppose they could have been joined with silver solder or brazing, to contain the awesome power of BrLTs patent free energy device. The arguments about jointing technology are however a bit redundant, since the whole thing is clearly a crappy made up model that doesn't do anything.
aleCcowaN
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That's it! Thank you.
I use the narrow vocabulary I have and with technical terms dictionaries are not very useful, besides I have to translate between Spanishes first.
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