Need opinions on this device

[marshallf3]

Overall power consumption fell? Really?

Seems to have by calculation, the amperage draw decreased by more than the voltage level increased. which is all I have to go on, don't have a true KVAR meter, just a voltmeter, ampmeter and a 4 channell oscilloscope. Of course freon compressors aren't going to act exactly the same as a simple water pump motor with a perfectly constant load on it.

 

[weressl]

yep and you dont even need to add the coffee to get your jolt in the morning, just stick in your finger and stir.

He di stick his finger into it while it was still plugged in.

In college we used two old style razor blades with a two pieces of eraser between them as insulators, plugged it into 220V and it started boiling pretty fast. Of course the water had to be somewhat conductive, eg. won't work well with distilled water, but tap-water worked just fine.

 

[LarryFine]

Years ago, I had an egg cooker that used salted water between two plates to create steam.

 

[mxslick]

IIRC the old "vaporizers" that mom used to use when we were sick operated the same way, water between two electrodes in a glass (later plastic) tank.

 

[donaldelectrician]

How can they be selling....

How can they be selling....

How can they get by selling this type device, especially in the US?


Easy , the internet , and the area listed for these "agents" MIAMI FLORIDA

I do not know any electricians who would instal this product, but....

I have experienced similar " shower head heaters " in Central America in
the 1980,s....zip cord, switch in shower ( exposed contacts) and the
wire nuts at the unit....were sort of arranged to drain.

oh, the water was hot.

 

[gadfly56]

Another fine product from the makers of this shower death trap:

Beverage heater

It would be very interesting to have UL or another NRTL test these products.

I have a clear recollection of my father using a similar product many years ago to heat up small quantities of water (1 cup to 1 pint) in his den/darkroom. It had an insulated handle and, I would now speculate, a large piece of nichrome wire, heavily chromed and coiled. The down leg was 3-4 inches, a couple of coils and back up to the insulated handle. This thing was fast, boiling water in about 20 seconds and basically just rested on the bottom of the container. The only on/off was the plug! You had to think ahead where you were going to put it down when the water was up to temperature. In retrospect, I'm amazed that not one of his 5 offspring wound up with a coil-shaped scar on their hand!

 

[LarryFine]

oh, the water was hot.

In more ways than one, I'll bet.

 

[Jraef]

In high school I used to work in an assembly for a swimming pool chlorinator called a "Genie-Chlor". It was a carbon anode and a steel cathode between which salted water was pumped while the anode was energized electrically. As the current flowed across the gap, the salt was separated into sodium and chlorine. I think they eventually went out of business, probably fried some swimmers.

 

[hurk27]

In high school I used to work in an assembly for a swimming pool chlorinator called a "Genie-Chlor". It was a carbon anode and a steel cathode between which salted water was pumped while the anode was energized electrically. As the current flowed across the gap, the salt was separated into sodium and chlorine. I think they eventually went out of business, probably fried some swimmers.

I would think more of because of the two deadly gasses this makes:roll:

 

[wchild1520]

Did anyone notice , the "beverage heater" does use a polarized plug.

 

[Jraef]

I would think more of because of the two deadly gasses this makes:roll:

The chlorine is immediately dissolved in the water, but I never knew what happened to the sodium, probably combined with something else to make a different salt. These devices still exist as it turns out, it's just that company that failed.http://www.chlorine-generator.com/