Re: Meyer Circuit Experiment

From: If I told U I'd have 2 kill U (knews4u2chew_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: 19 Aug 2004 13:21:54 -0700

Don Lancaster <don@tinaja.com> wrote in message news:<41248FD9.200ECDD6@tinaja.com>...
> The Murinator wrote:
> >
> > On 19 Aug 2004 01:39:16 -0700, knews4u2chew@yahoo.com (If I told U I'd
> > have 2 kill U) wrote:
> >
> > >Milliamps.
> > >Milliamps.
> > >Milliamps.
> >
> > Milliamps as measured using an AC ammeter. Stanley Meyer used AC
> > voltmeters and ammeters.
> >
> > The electrical power fed to the Meyer cell was mainly DC, with a
> > spikey AC component. His AC meters missed the DC component
> > completely, and it was the DC component that was doing the
> > electrolysis. Only the spikey AC component registered on the meters,
> > and due to their design it registered very low.
> >
> > This worked great for his scam, and he demonstrated it to a lot of his
> > victims before they pulled out their checkbooks. He would stick the
> > voltmeter probes into the wall outlet and correctly read 110 V. He
> > would measure the current drawn by a 100W bulb and correctly read
> > about an amp. So of course when he measured the power going into the
> > cell it was accurate. NOT!
> >
> > Lucky for Meyer, he found people even dumber than him to the tune of
> > $1.5 million before he was found out, sued, and found guilty of fraud.
> > Lucky for them, and other potential fraud victims, Meyer is now dead
> > and can't scam them for more yet money.
>
> Actually, milliamps are ---> NOT <--- measurable with typical cheap ac
> meters if unusual waveforms (anything but a clean full sinewave) are
> involved. Such readings are ALWAYS grossly understated.
>
> True RMS measurements are required, and then only within the rated crest
> factors of the instrument.
> See MUSE112.PDF, MUSE113.PDF and similar tutorials on my website.

Neither one of you know what type of meter Meyer used.
Nice speculation though.
144 sq/in of stainless steel.
Thousands of volts.
Milliamps.
No heating of the cell or the water.