[time-nuts] 60 Hz measurement party

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Jun 27 04:59:40 UTC 2011


In message <4E07F7C7.9070000 at earthlink.net>, Jim Lux writes:

>> That sounds like a recipe for excitement - DC current into
>> seawater should generate hydrogen on one and and oxygen on the other
>> electrode.  At 3000 amps, rather a lot of it.

Actually you get chlorine gas at one end, can't remember which.

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