Hello,
Salt was added to make the water more conductive and the plates are oriented vertical in the tank. The gap between the plates is so water can pass through them. I just stated a welder was not use so no one would suggest this as a possible optional power source. A welder will not work as...
Just to add a little more. The engineering firm used not fancy electronics to fire the arc. Only the components I discribed. I may have missed something but no fancy electronics were used.
An electrical engineering company designed an electrical component that would arc underwater many years ago. I would like to reproduce this. This is what I know;
This was not an arc welder.
The power source was a generator. 500 amps 100 volts, when not under load.
Power went through an...
