Machines | Deadly quack water tester. (scam)
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A rather dangerous device used to fake water testing by unscrupulous door to door scammers pushing water filter systems. It simply rectifies the mains and passes DC current through water, causing rapid electrolysis that discolours the water strongly. I'm guessing that the unit is demonstrated with distilled water in one glass masquerading as "filtered water". The unit has a single pole switch (on the neutral core of the flex) so that the metal rods will be live at rectified mains voltage even when switched off on the unit depending on how the plug is wired (polarised plug) or inserted (two pin plug). This unit is only safe to touch if fully unplugged. In use the rods have full mains voltage between them, which could cause electrocution or burns if touched. Excellent. If you know someone with one of these devices, then make sure they know that it is a serious electric shock hazard. I don't recommend buying one of these, but if you feel the urge then the eBay keyword is "electrolyzer". If you enjoy the videos on this channel you can help support it with a dollar for coffee, cookies and dodgy electronic devices at https://www.patreon.com/bigclive
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And the deadliest appliance award goes to.....................
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maybe you could use it to do a video on the effectiveness of water filters
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electricity doesn't pass through pure water so easily so it can be considered an water tester maybe. for a more safe way they could put less voltage more amps
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"Aluminum" D:
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Clive, you said 'ferrous'.. Did you know that ferrous and ferric rever to different oxidation states of iron (ferrum in Latin), being +2 and +3 respectively?
Officially you cannot refer to iron that way when it's metallic, whether it being part of an alloy or just pure iron. You can refer to a high ferrum content.
A way to remember it is this: ferrous, is like ferrero, a small but delicious chocolote, representing the +2 state. Ferric is like ferrari, a big expensive car, representing the +3 state. -
i gues diference of electrodes maks that browning
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a lot of water filters ad salts back. ion exchange.
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10A fuse....... Poor bridge rectifier xD
I wounder how many deaths or injuries are caused by similar kind of stuff, sometimes I wish the times where back when Semko (here in Sweden) had to approve everything in order for it to be sold on the market... -
If Your Water Has Reverse Osmosis Then It Won't Go Yellow.
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what a deathtrap
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Wouldn't it be easy to simply cut the wires on one of the pairs?
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Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they used two metals to cause some electrochemistry to be happening between the electrodes; one of them is being broken down and will in theory eventually deposit its metal on the other, if the water is conducting electricity.
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Is that yellow stuff Cl?
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Why don't you at least learn what you're talking about before calling it a "quack" item? What it is supposed to be doing is undissolving any dissolved solids that are in the water. Try it on some RO water to see a real difference.
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Soo electrolysis machine?
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You should be crazy careful with that. If those ferrous electrodes are a grade of stainless steel you can seriously leach out the CHROMIUM from it through electrolysis. It makes all the Cancer... all of them...
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Wo kann man diese Geräte kaufen?
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my best guess is electrolysis, the only crap beforehand in the water was probably salt from hard water, after electrolysis splits the salt you get some super awesome chlorine dissolved into water, and chlorine looks gross.
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How to make beer!
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3:46 it's confirmed. This guy is not ashens