So... What are YOU doing? - Part 8

[Naiwen]

Howdy sup there guys man! How are you today? Today, I've just seen my therapist in person at my psych ward. Tonight, just resting in bed before heading the sack tonight.

 

[Lamb]

I got up early and made blueberry pancakes. Going to get groceries once the store opens (well, to normal shoppers...the early hour is for senior citizens).

 

[Naiwen]

Hello afternoon! This morning, I've just had a shower and a hair wash. The afternoon, just playing some games on my Switch before heading to bed tonight.

 

[tango]

Went for a run today, which went pretty well. Towards the end of the run I was trying to keep my average pace below a target that I thought was reasonable. When I got home and compared it to my personal best it turned out I was 2 seconds per mile slower than my PB. If I'd realised how close I was to my PB I'd have pushed a little harder for the last mile or so - if only I'd known I could almost certainly have gained 10 seconds or so over the last couple of miles.

Then I did a bit of work on the side of the house hoping to limit the amount of water that gets into the basement when the forecast heavy rain comes. We don't get a lot of water in the basement - it's incomparably better than when we moved in because I've done a lot of work to that section of the wall already - but during a massive downpour there are still a few leaky bits. Now, having squirted almost an entire tube of sealant into cracks around an ancient window, I'm hoping there will be fewer leaks and therefore less water in the basement. I'm still contemplating using a rotary hammer to chisel a small channel to try and guide the water straight into the floor drain, so it can flow in through and out easily. I'm just not sure I want to buy a $400 tool that I'm only likely to use a handful of times.

 

[Stravinsk]

Maybe I'm missing something here. If you have calculations that relate to, among other things, the capacitance of a body of water why can't you use a multimeter to meaasure it? If it changes over time, measure it again. Presumably it would shift fairly slowly so you can measure it every hour or so and make any required changes?

It's not the capacitance of water, but the capacitance of the cell itself in which water is the dialectic.

How easy do you imagine it is to make a resonating RLC circuit? One knows the Capacitance, Inductance and Resistance and that's it right?

Except you still need a signal generator that can be adjusted to pump in the required frequency to maintain resonance. Not everyone has these just lying around. They can be bought, of course. They can also be built, if one has the prerequisite knowledge and skill in electronics to do so. I certainly do not, and neither does the average person unless this is their field of expertise.

And unless one wants to fiddle around determining the resonant frequency of their circuit every time a new source of water is added, they need a frequency sweeper that will find the RF (resonant frequency) for them and adjust it accordingly for their cell.

In contacting the webmaster I was hoping to bypass the learning needed and just get myself a ready-to-go-unit: Circuit containing the wfc, all to specifications to produce HHO using resonance and not current through distilled water at a predetermined frequency integrated into the circuit itself, and/or adjustable through the circuit given a voltage source.

 

[tango]

It's not the capacitance of water, but the capacitance of the cell itself in which water is the dialectic.

How easy do you imagine it is to make a resonating RLC circuit? One knows the Capacitance, Inductance and Resistance and that's it right?

Except you still need a signal generator that can be adjusted to pump in the required frequency to maintain resonance. Not everyone has these just lying around. They can be bought, of course. They can also be built, if one has the prerequisite knowledge and skill in electronics to do so. I certainly do not, and neither does the average person unless this is their field of expertise.

And unless one wants to fiddle around determining the resonant frequency of their circuit every time a new source of water is added, they need a frequency sweeper that will find the RF (resonant frequency) for them and adjust it accordingly for their cell.

In contacting the webmaster I was hoping to bypass the learning needed and just get myself a ready-to-go-unit: Circuit containing the wfc, all to specifications to produce HHO using resonance and not current through distilled water at a predetermined frequency integrated into the circuit itself, and/or adjustable through the circuit given a voltage source.

Woah, slow your roll there a bit.... I'm simply responding to your comments about measuring inductance and capacitance.

From what you're saying now it sounds like there's way more to it than measuring capacitance.

How often would you expect to add more water? From the perspective of a layman I'd have thought that a signal generator could be adjusted to generate different frequencies, so unless the calculation of the required frequency is insanely complex it would seem like recalculating wouldn't be an enormous deal. But then I'm not an expert in these circuits, so maybe I'm way off the mark.

 

[Stravinsk]

Woah, slow your roll there a bit.... I'm simply responding to your comments about measuring inductance and capacitance.

From what you're saying now it sounds like there's way more to it than measuring capacitance.

How often would you expect to add more water? From the perspective of a layman I'd have thought that a signal generator could be adjusted to generate different frequencies, so unless the calculation of the required frequency is insanely complex it would seem like recalculating wouldn't be an enormous deal. But then I'm not an expert in these circuits, so maybe I'm way off the mark.

Measuring Capacitance, Inductance and Resistance is not a problem. As you mentioned earlier, these can be done with most cheap multi meters. Once you know these values, the formula for resonance in an RLC circuit is easy to calculate.

In normal RLC circuits, where the values for these are fixed, it is simple. You know the values, you use the formula to figure out resonance, and viola, you can create a resonant RLC circuit if you have a signal generator able to tune to the exact frequency that produces resonance for the circuit.

What makes this different is that the Capacitance is variable with the quality of water used, and the idea that (my guess here) when the electrons are torn off the water molecule and form HHO, the capacitance will change again(as water declines and gas is captured), requiring re-calibrating for resonance. This may take milliseconds, seconds, or longer. I simply don't know. If short periods, it's basically a waste of time, unless you have a circuit (different to the RLC circuit) measuring resonance in real time and adjusting the frequency in real time to keep it at the resonant frequency to keep producing gas on demand.

There are circuits available out there that claim to do all these things - the basic RLC circuit, and the frequency sweeper to adjust for the variables of the capacitance with change of water/change of capacitance due to water being extracted in the form of HHO and used. They are beyond my budget.

A signal generator that can produce sine, saw, square etc waves at various frequencies is within my budget, but it's still a piece of equipment I have to buy for basically one project, a project I have no personal experience works, and a waste of $$ unless I delve further into electronics as a hobby with other projects.

 

[Stravinsk]

A few days ago corn, today, wheat planting.

Last year I labored tilling the ground before planting in the conventional way farming is done. This year I decided to save the considerable effort of doing that with hand tools and opted for a different method. After clearing the grass and picking out most of the roots/clumps I poked holes in the soft ground at regular intervals with a stake and filled them with seed. Easier than tilling. I'll see this year how that goes.

 

[tango]

Lots of rain today. So far it looks like the work I did yesterday has made a big difference although it's not perfect. I didn't expect it to be perfect, given I'm dealing with a wooden window and a wooden window frame that are both 90+ years old. But instead of a puddle in the basement I have a small damp patch on the wall under one corner of the window.

Chances are I'll take it all out (including the window) and revisit it once the worst of the weather is past us. I may even replace the window with a piece of treated wood as a precursor to taking the entire thing out and filling the space with concrete. The window there offers little to no benefit and presents something of a liability as far as home security, weatherproofing, sound proofing etc is concerned. Perhaps as a short term fix I'll get a treated 2x10, cut it to appropriate lengths and stick everything together, then secure that into the space. That can then serve as a back if I do decide to fill the rest of the space with concrete. I suspect that treated wood paired with a generous coat of waterproof lacquer will keep the weather out for several years.

 

[Naiwen]

Yo sup there? How are you doing so far with your day? Today, just enjoying my usual TV show before dozing off tonight.

 

[Lamb]

We had flash flooding and a tornado come through my town about a half mile from my home! We were in the basement and it was strange because the sky didn't get green or dark, there was no hail, no heavy winds, just a lot of heavy rain. 9 homes sustained major damage and 40 sustained minor damage. We're okay.

 

[tango]

It looks like several places where roads cross the local creeks flooded last night. Not sure what the state is right now might take the car out to check the crossings before going for a walk. Since it's cooler I may go for a run instead - it's not so much fun running when it's hot.

 

[Naiwen]

Howdy sup there? How are ye all doing today? Today is my dad's birthday, he's 62 and I'm just going to my parents' tonight for his birthday dinner.

 

[tango]

It looks like several places where roads cross the local creeks flooded last night. Not sure what the state is right now might take the car out to check the crossings before going for a walk. Since it's cooler I may go for a run instead - it's not so much fun running when it's hot.

I went for a walk with my wife. All the streams and creeks are way higher than I've ever seen them before but there's minimal evidence of flooding. The levels were higher last night, and I imagine a few people living near the creeks without being higher had water in their basements.

 

[Naiwen]

Happy Friday all! How are you? Today, just relaxing online before falling asleep tonight.

 

[Lamb]

We're pets sitting again this weekend so I need to get the place set up for the pets.

 

[Naiwen]

Happy weekend all! How are you? Today, just playing some games on my phone before tucking myself in bed tonight.

 

[Lamb]

We have yellow jackets coming inside the house and I can't find where they're coming in at. I put paper towels with peppermint oil over the hvac vents in the room I keep finding them so maybe that will stop it if they're coming in that way. We know they're going in by the fireplace and I put powder dust out there but it takes 5 days to work.

 

[tango]

My wife wanted to do some cleaning today so I took the chance to go for a run. My legs were a bit sore at first as I did a long walk yesterday but soon got into the groove. Overall no speed records but I did shave a couple of seconds off my fastest mile. My pace charts are getting better, not so much in terms of top speeds but maintaining a slightly slower running pace for longer. I'm running more and walking less, so even though my running pace isn't as high as it has been at times the overall average pace is improving. Once I can run the entire route without walking at all I can really start to push the pace.

 

[Lamb]

I found where the yellow jackets are getting in...the fireplace. I had to tape plastic sheeting around it so that they can't come in and sting the dog today while she's here.