septimusseverus

Thanks so much for all of your help. Science Forums is amazing!

I actually really haven't decided on that yet, since I have some time on my hands I was just going to see if I could even do it first and then I was actually thinking of attempting to make a blowtorch out of it, although, that would require lots of gas to continually support, and I'm not sure that I could do it. I have seen many videos on such sites as Youtube on the subject of HHO torches, but they all make it look so easy! I just wonder For the large surface area, I was thinking of using stainless steel pot scrubbers. they have unbelievable amounts of surface area. That is actually where I got the idea, but it always seems eaiser than it turns out. I wonder especially what the power source for the second video was, it didn't show it.

That is more along the lines of what I was thinking.... A little while ago while I was unsuccessfuly attempting to research this issue, I came across a video where this man had taken a wall transformer apart. Inside, there was a little device that would normally take the current from the wall and scale it down (anyone know what I'm talking about? it either braught down the volts or amps or both) for use in a smaller electronic. What he did was take a 9 volt battery and swiched the current around so that when he was passing the current from the 9 volt backwards through this transformer thing, he was actually intensifying the current. I'm not sure if those things deal with volts or amps or both. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks for responding, those are good ideas.... The car charger may be a good idea for my purposes, this is actually the kind of thing that I was invisioning. I think it would have been better to say that I wanted to convert the power from an existing source rather than invent a new one. This may sound naive, but is there a way that I could just take several 12 volt batteries and convert them to give less volts but more amps? I really don't know what I'm talking about, but what I am really aiming for is transforming a power source into something more suited to my needs. Thanks again for responding. This place is brilliant.

Hello everyone, I'm new here and would appreciate some help. I came across science forums on Google, and it looked like a place that could help me. I'm in a dilemma. Right now, I am 56 years old and my kids are out of the house. Finally some freedom! To get to the point, I was interested in doing a little work with oxy-hydrogen gas. I understand how it all works. Electrolysis of water yields oxygen and hydrogen, the hydrogen is oxidized by the oxygen producing heat. I also understand that it is not very efficient, but it still interests me. Here's the problem I need to build a power source for this, and frankly, I don't know where to start. I guess that I could use a wall outlet:confused:but certainly not just sticking a cut off plug into the wall socket and touching the wires to the electrodes. So really I am open to any sort of solution, any ideas anyone might have. I just need a relatively high amp power source that is relatively safe. If you don't have any solutions, could you give me some terms or things I should research? I really just don't know what to do.... Thanks