The reason that one electrode has to be aluminum is that this device creates an oxidation-reduction reaction, sort of like a battery running in reverse. When an iron electrode in water is given a positive charge of at or above the oxidation potential(at least .44 volts), it will split into Fe2+ ions and electrons. The electrons travel up the power wire and the iron ions go into the water, producing the red color. If both electrodes were iron, then the reaction would run in reverse at the negative electrode, and the iron ions would turn back in to solid iron, and there would be no red color. However, aluminum is much harder to oxidize, water actually oxidizes before it does, so the aluminum electrode splits water into negative ions and hydrogen gas, making the bubbles.
Furthermore, the Fe2+ ions are oxidized at the anode to Fe3+. With the oxygen ions floating around, that forms iron(III) oxide, or red rust, which is responsible for the crusty floaties and appetizing mud color the solution develops. That's why the aluminum and iron electrodes have different threads; if you got the polarity reversed, you'd end up removing any rust on the iron rods instead of creating lots and lots of new rust.
@@zherron42 and MultipleMonomials thanks for the detailed explanation. I realised the "contamination" was being extracted from the electrodes but couldn't be bothered to Google exactly how. Cheers :)
If it was legal, though I'm not terribly knowledgable of EU or UK regulations, I doubt it would be labelled completely in Mandarin. Check the first few moments of video as the label sides are flashed around, there's not a single Latin letter.
It's direct current, you don't have to worry as much about it as A.C. I really think Clive is being a pansy, I would touch electrode while on.. it'll just hurt a little
carolyn mmitchell What are you, the reincarnation of Edison? No, DC is FAAAAAAAR more dangerous given the constant voltage. It is like the different between getting shot with an automatic rifle verses a semi-automatic one. Yeah, both can have the same power and both will kill you, but the killing is at least slightly delayed with the semi-automatic (AC) given the breaks in firing just as how AC is referenced to a neutral point (often 0V). Also, AC requires a DC signal to stay stable. Kill the DC and you have just pushed the current over. DC? Shit is going to keep going until the original current source is killed...or you are. Guess which will happen faster?
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Oh, my! Could that device be turning tap water into beer???? :D
funny, its an electrolysis device,,, and you could have the cleanest water in the world, but it will ALWAYS pull the iron and other minerals out of solution.. leaving you with dirty looking water thats perfectly safe to drink, lol we need those minerals... if you let that thing go, it would turn it to pure water, and thats no good for humans to drink on a regular basis.. even reverse osmosis keeps the minerals.... kills everything else though...
Okay, so digging back into my corrosion course I think I know why they used two different metals. The device involves galvanic corrosion because it has two different metals in a medium with charge carriers (dissolved stuff like salts, etc..) In galvanic corrosion, one metal remains intact at the expense of the other and it will happen on its own over time which is why you want to be careful about building things with different metals in contact if they'll be in a wet environment. You can also apply electric current in one polarity to speed it up, or you can apply the opposite polarity to impede the corrosion (or reverse it, which is why you'd normally use something that can't corrode as the other electrode in such a case). Now normally it's the aluminum that will corrode while protecting the steel, but a high potential in the other direction may reverse that. They could have used gold instead of aluminum but that might have been too expensive and too visually-obvious about what was going on, so they picked metals that looked roughly the same. And in making the iron corrode very rapidly, it makes a cloud of insoluble iron oxide which gives the illusion that all sorts of gross stuff was just revealed to be lurking in your water. Distilled water with few charge carriers wouldn't undergo this anywhere near as rapidly, and would look much better in a side-by-side test.
+Sarah Watt (NuclearSarah) This is basically how Electro-Plating works. Usually steel, copper, zinc, palladium and in some circumstances, gold and silver are used in electroplating.
I never studied electroplating, but there are all sorts of things that work off of similar physics. Discharging and recharging batteries is very similar to galvanic corrosion, and the reaction used in thermite can be predicted using the same data that predicts the direction of galvanic reactions.
Mentorcase It's the principle I was getting at. The voltage doesn't really matter, it can work at 240V, as long as it is DC, which this device is. Seeing as it is going through a bridge rectifier.
+Sarah Watt (NuclearSarah) I thought as much regarding the iron-oxide particles, though I've never formally studied such things, seemed off to me then it clicked that electrolysis generates oxygen, which could bind with the iron from the steel that would come away into the water. Yay science!
A device specifically designed to kill scam artists... I wonder if the designer got scammed with a water filter themselves and came up with tihs product as revenge :-)
I could see someone passing these out along with a lighter and a pack of cigarettes to scam artist. Scammer uses the device. Attempts to light a cigarette but ignites their hand from the hydrogen released by electrolytic reaction. Tries to put it out with the glass of water only to get burned from heat dissipated in the water from the electric current passing through it. Goes to hospital to find they have developed tetnitus from heavy iron oxide exposure on the wound. Someone really has something against water filter salesmen.
i love how there are channels out there thinking that distilled water is the best thing in the world bc they have seen experiments with these "water testers", normal water is healthier anyway due to the minerals that your body needs
RetroKid That is deionized water. If you drink it the way you drink normal water, it will disrupt the electrolyte balance inside your body, making you feel bad. Continue drinking it, and bad stuff like organ damage is a possiblity.
jo jim I know I'm late, but that's not the half of it. It is extremely deadly to drink deionised water instead of regular water, it leaches the minerals from your body, which can destroy your nerves, turn your bones to powder and worse. A glass once might not hurt, but any more and you are risking a very bad time.
i saw this thing on facebook, a guy was "demonstrating" how bad tap water was saying you should drink distilled water, but really he was just demonstrating the low conductivity of distilled water
DNB As opposed to all the chlorine and mind destroying fluoride in tap water? I only drink double filtered rainwater I collect myself. Should I need a drink in town I buy distilled water from the laundry section of a supermarket as almost all spring waters have added fluoride. Drinking distilled water from time to time will do no harm. It is just pure water and nothing else.
@@benlittle7799 : It's actually bad to drink large amounts of fluoride (***I don't know how large). It accumulates in bone and teeth and makes them brittle. It makes no sense to add to drinking water. It makes sense to brush your teeth with NaF toothpaste and spit it out
@@dnb5661 Distilled water is the only water you should consume if you care about your health. It's simply pure water, H2O, nothing else. The "beneficial minerals" in mineral or tap water are NOT beneficial minerals. They are INORGANIC minerals that the body can't assimilate. They are toxic to the body, and cause cataracts, atherosclerosis, arthritis, etc. Only PLANTS can use INORGANIC minerals (aka dirt...) and convert them to organic minerals that are then usable by humans. Getting your minerals from your water is skipping the vital step.... it's like eating dirt. You're not a plant. Here's a free gift for you: aquariusthewaterbearer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-choice-is-clear-by-dr-allen-e-banik-14-pages.pdf
I took electronics in high school and my teacher didn't make it very easy to understand everything. I've always wanted to learn more and get back into electronics, and your channel has been such a great help to me. Thanks from across the pond.
My parents got one of these and showed me how "dirty" our bottled water is. The irony is that we live in Germany and water quality is extremely well regulated here. Thankfully guys like this exist.
Distilled water is "control" you could buy a £500 lab grade one if you wanted. . But if it shows you the same .. then what ?! Yiur "experiment was as scientific as a dog licking it's own balls
i dont think it matters where you live, your water is going to have tons of metals and other nasty shit in it. ive seen this done on distilled water and it stayed perfectly clear while the tap water was a disgusting green and black.
So what is your conclusion? It electromagnetically charges the water, sure. But that is completely beyond the point of why these are being used. charging the water is the only way to make the components within the water, come together and become visual. When charging distilled water, there is no occurrence of sludgy minerals. So basically this device just reveals what your minerals look like inside of non distilled water? The question missed here, is; Does normal water naturally contain these sludgy minerals revealed by electromagnetic charge? Or is the sludgyness artificially apparent due to the insertion of prongs? Its not a scam, if the water already contains these minerals, and the prongs just visualize them. It IS a scam, if the water does not contain minerals that turn sludgy when charged electrically. my bet is that, the water already contains unnecessary minerals, and is filtered with chlorine chloride & fluoride in order to make this appear visually pleasing.
The steel and aluminum electrodes were probably to cause galvanic corrosion, which I believe is what was discoloring the water. The recently built "Littoral Combat Ship" Independence in the US Navy embarrassingly suffered from this problem as well, because of the aluminum hull being in contact with the stainless steel propulsion system via the saltwater, which caused "aggressive corrosion". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion#US_Navy_Littoral_Combat_Ship_Independence They ended up temporarily hanging a chunk of Zinc over the side of the ship while it was in harbour to prevent the corrosion to the ship, and instead corroding the Zinc, which is called a "sacrifical anode" or "cathodic protection", until they can install an onboard system. Which is available on tiny fishing boats, so this was a Navy level mistake. Here's the wiki article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_anode and another similar one on protection systems en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathodic_protection So BigClive, I propose you get a sacrificial anode, charge it opposite to the aluminum cathode, and see if you can't stop that water turning yellow. We'll show them yet who has the cleanest damn water!
Mp57navy I know, I have basic experience with boats and I knew this was possible. I just refuse to believe this is a mistake, I think someone thought they could get some extra maintenance revenue in. I mean they had to drydock a brand new ship, to remove the drive system to fix the corrosion! On a ship that's already about 3x more than the original estimate of $220 million. It's completely absurd! SpaceX should found MilitaryX next. Maybe they can make military hardware about 1/6th the price, the same way they did with rockets.
+john carlaw Exactly, these are not small firms. They employ extremely talented people to oversee the development of these ships. I think it had to be a conscious choice somewhere down the line, I refuse to believe it was accidental. If it was somehow accidental, it's incredibly embarrassing, and points to something being VERY wrong in their design/approval process. It's a shame, because I think it looks like one sexy ship!
Yes but there is Chinglish special safety instructions included. I like the bit about miscarriage of justice? Translation please! Security Warning: When powered on, the hand can not touch the electrode; finger does not insert into the test water; do not let children play electrolyzer. Finished, clean electrode with a dry cloth , and safekeeping. The tester can not be used to evaluate the quality of mineral water, because when using the measurement of mineral water, mineral water and other contaminants may also be some chemical reactions in the water, will give users a miscarriage of justice.
Chinglish: The example ash is youtube popularity (sub high) which the spealise of criticism cheap items of bad and food of rot. The ash setting (长椅) of brown sofa is setting of video location record. Similarities of the big clove and the ash many. However clove speak natanality of scot with attention electronic. Translation from Chinglish to English: Ashens is a popular TH-camr who reviews rubbish Chinese rip off products and out of date food on a brown sofa. The two channels are pretty similar in ways (Only their hands are present and there's a fair bit of 'Pigeon English' on both channels) except BigClive is Scottish and focuses mostly on awful electronics instead of awful knockoffs and food. That was fun to type haha
+BillyNoMates1974 The real problem is, that in a nation with the population of China, and with overall, such a poor educational record, there are an unimaginably huge number of people who'd take this product at face value...
Clive, I love your quackery videos. Probably my favorite features you do on this channel. Thank you for explaining things so thoroughly for those of us who don't have backgrounds in circuitry or electronics!
I don't know why I keep watching your videos. I know nothing about electronics and most of this I just don't understand. Must be your soothing british voice...
JPT. started watching your vids and have to say, i'm mesmerised by your knowledge. excellent deconstruction of the items you test. keep up the good work for us with less limited knowledge. top marks :)
Yikes, why not just strip bare a zip cord and plug it in... and let the kids play with it? Yeah a 10 amp fuse? That fuse will still be good long after you've gone into fibrillation and turning blue.
a guy came into my grandparent's house, and brought with him the same device. it popped, got another device, popped again. i guess their water is made of iron.
I’ve just seen someone on TikTok making a video using this device and remembered watching this very video some years ago. They claimed their tap water was bad because of this. I shared your clip to their comments. Hopefully some will learn from this
It's literally trying to electroplate in the water but the ferrous stuff won't stick to the aluminum so it floats around in solution and gives you that nasty look.
You should see what happens if you swap the polarity of both electrodes. Basically make it so that the steel is negative and aluminum is positive. Unless you think it's unsafe then obviously still do it.
I wonder what will happen yes....I hope bigclivedotcom will solder the electrodes after switching the polarity....and film it (ofc at your own risk!) so I don't have to do it on my device :P.
I'm quite impressed by your ability to ignore the loons that this video has drawn to your comments section! Apparently if you write *really long comments* it makes you more credible and persuasive.
You know, through much of my trip through your channel, I've been wondering why you would assemble such a hoard of spooky devices. I've come around and realized that there just aren't enough in-depth reviews of sometimes-sketchy eBay electronics, or electronics in general; most reviewers just aren't eager or well-versed enough to crack open the hull of a device if it isn't a smartphone. So thank you for giving me a look inside so many devices, warts and all.
You are correct and that's the scam. It is indeed iron, hence the different electrodes. Aluminum will not electroplate, so the "rusted" metal from the steel electrode stays in the water.
Because the negative is alum, the iron particles wont stick too well to it. The freed up iron particles just become oxidized from the hydrogen loss reaction at the nucleation site. It maximizes rust production. The product doesn't work in the distilled water because distilled water lacks enough ions to conduct current.
Damn talk about dangerous. Touch those electrodes while its energized and you will be on floor and might not ever get back up again. Thanks for doing these videos where you break down "quack" devices that prey on gullible victims.
A friend of mine just got one of these. He tested tap water against spring water. The spring water just had a little yellow/orange tint. The tap water had all the green and black. We're testing different filtered water tomorrow.
The colour is caused by the electrode corrosion and conductivity of the water. Just because water is slightly conductive doesn't mean the minerals in it are bad. Be very careful to unplug this device before touching it, as it is extremely dangerous.
The reason they used different electrodes, is because they react together more to likely increase the dirtying effect in the water. As far as impurities in water, no biologist is ever going to tell you that humans and animals have to drink distilled water, in fact drinking water that has dissolved minerals in it is actually more beneficial often for the human or animal. Meaning things like river, dam, or underground water tend to be the best. As far as water filters for tap water, it's a waste of money. What you want to do is buy a 400-600 litre water tank, it catches rainwater, this is then a perfect source for drinking water. This is what we do in Australia, apparently in America they don't allow people to do it, but in England I am unsure if you are allowed to do it, but England has a lot of rain and it would be easy to do it there. Then you just use your tap water for showering, washing dishes, washing clothes etc. Indeed there is a taste difference, once you have drunk tap or spring water for at least a few days, you will then be able to tell how nasty tap water tastes, tap water has an intense chlorine taste. But if you regularly drink tap water you may not notice it, for the same reason that people can sit in a stinking room and not notice it, but a person walking in can notice it easily. Not saying tap water is unhealthy to drink BTW, but they do add chlorine to it, and other stuff. The sterility and safety of the water is a bit more important than exactly how healthy it is for you, from the perception of the town water supply. Certainly I would never suggest drinking water out of a dam directly, lol.
Maybe yes, but I noticed different colours on several tests I did do with my device (just for giggles). Cold tap water, hot tap water, boiled water and when I find distilled water I will test that as well (wonder if the water gets coloured....if it does, the electrodes have some molecules emitted into the water right?).
The chemistry is quite simple. The gas bubbles at the negative (aluminum) electrode are hydrogen from the electrolysis of water. The brown is oxidized iron (iron(III) ions to be precise) from the positive electrode. If you look at the iron electrodes in the video, you can see some minor pitting on their surface. The current builds as more ions form in the water. Since distilled water doesn’t have much in the way of ions in it in the first place, you won’t see the same effect with it. Quackery is an excellent description. A note: as more current is passed, the more alkaline the resulting solution will be.
nope. the brown color is from the production of aluminum hydroxide from the aluminum anode. that's why they use an aluminum one to begin with, exactly to ALWAYS produce the same amount of brown color to the water, regardless of water quality.
@@coinop7278 distilled water isn't really conductive, in comparison to water with a few ions in it. Because it's not that conductive, there's not much charge flowing and that's why the metal rods aren't visibly breaking down. If you'd leave the rods for longer in there, the rods break down initially slowly, then because they release ions into the distilled water the conductivity increases, making the breakdown of the rods quicker, making the water more conductive etc. So there's simply a delayed reaction, your distilled water would look the exact same if you leave it in there for long enough.
I remember when I was in elementary school, some guy advertised water filters with a similar device in our class. He put that thing into a glass of tap water, and the water turned dark brown. Children are usually more impressionable than adults, so probably the idea was to scare us shitless so that we ask our parents to install those filters in order to purify the "dirty water". It's been twenty years already, but those con artists still use this device, heh.
The electrodes are different for cathode/anode because if they were the same then both will decompose. Being steel and aluminium ensures only anode electrode breaks down
The only thing a device like this demonstrates is whether a solution can conduct an electric current. If it can, the solution will get gunked up with salts from the electrodes. For determining whether water is safe to drink, this is worse than useless. Honestly, some scientific literacy should be expected and required for nurses. This isn't even high-school level.
@@Camwize It is unbelievable, I agree. It is unbelievable that I did not become a statistic. It is unbelievable that as a single mother of two children not only did I work fulltime, but attend school fulltime, and successfully graduate. It is unbelievable that I passed my state boards on the first try. It is unbelievable that this ever changing world, is constantly developing new methodologies for testing, resulting in curious minds developing new hypothesis. Many conclusions have yet to be determined. I'd imagine why I have the privilege of administering medication, to my patients are as follows. 1. I follow the policies, procedures, and abide by the laws set forth by the professional licensing agengy, and the state in which I reside. 2. I ask questions, and relentlessly research, always advocating for my patients. 3. I exercise compassion, and empathy. 4. I recognize that no one individual is perfect, that we all perceive the world in a unique way, and not everyone is equipped with the intelligence to engage in a debate. (The response reminds me of things my 12 yr old would say to any individual he didn't agree with) In which he would be disciplined. Now I have some questions for you. 1.Have you always been a judgmental individual? 2.What life experiences resulted in such a distorted way of thinking? 3. How can one make an assumption as to the care one provides, by a mere comment or two? 4.Do you conduct yourself in the same manner at work, as you do in your home life? 5. Have you researched case studies on inorganic Arsenic removal by electrolysis? 6. What is your educational level?
My Biology teacher in high school did this Electrocoagulation and told us that water is masked at the plants so we think it's clean.... I believed it for decades.
***** It is commonly used by scammers, who electrolyze the naturally occurring mineral content in tap water to convince you to buy their "water filter."
Is there *any* safe way to make an electrolysis device? Surely the whole point of the device is to have full mains voltage through the water? Although the switch only killing one arm of the mains does make this device a potential man-stopper.....
whats happening is mixed metal ion exchange which causes oxidization. its the reason you generally avoid mixing aluminum with copper steel or nickel in water cooling setups
I saw a duo use one of these devices on Dragons Den to test the water from their machine, and they had an adorable chart showing what the different colours mean 😂
My scientific knowledge is somewhat dubious, but I think the reason they use alluminium for the cathode (-) is so the gunk coming from the steel anode (+), probably mainly iron for conductivity and nickel for added yellowing (so DEFFINATELY DONT DRINK IT as it would be HIGHLY TOXIC), doesn't get plated on to the cathode. Thus both electrodes remain shiny and 'clean' while the water gets murky.
LOOK AT THIS OBVIOUSLY ""OVER"" WORRIED LUNATIC MAKING A SCARE TACTIC VID! YOUR ARGUMENT IS WEAK! IT'S FINE TO SAY ELECTRONICALLY THE DEVICE POSES THREATS BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ADD PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO ""SELL"" YOU A WATER DISTILLER. FIRSTLY, ARE THE ONES MAKING DISTILLERS ALSO THE ONES MAKING THESE ELECTROLYZER TESTERS? SECOND, WHO'S 'NOT' TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING IN THIS WORLD?! YOUR VIDEOS ARE MONETIZED. THIRD, SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME A HEALTH EXPERT? THE ONLY QUACK I SEE USING SCARE TACTICS IS YOURSELF. STICK WITH ELECTRONICS. STAY OFF GIVING HEALTH ADVICE. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WHICH WATER BOTTLE COMPANIES 'PAID YOU' TO MAKE THIS VIDEO TO MISINFORM A WHOPPING 288,000 SUBSCRIBERS?
No matter where you go in the world, unless a Chinese based company has a Western, Japanese, South Korean or Taiwanese background, then I think that most people are already more than aware that you should never ever buy anything electrical from the despotic, People's Republic of Cheap & Poorly Made Crap, namely China...
Ive just tested mine. Evian VS uk tap water. The tap water was very yellow indicating high acids and fluoride.. which we know is in our tap water. The evian was alot darker with bluey green indicating sodium, mags, metals ect... which is consistent with whats on the bottles ingredients. THIS DEVICE WORKS PERFECTLY!! How or why does not matter. It works.
+SGM 26 It depends on the minerals present in the water. Like iron, sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium. The current breaks water molecules down to its basic components, hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen then combines with the impurities and some of the electrodes metal, other chemical reactions can occur, mostly it's rust because of the presence of oxygen and iron which causes a redox reaction between the elements.
as others have said it should be mostly iron, but will depend on the exact composition of your local water what else it will throw off. The real joke is that the reason the positive is made of iron is that the electric charge is actually stripping iron ions off the rod and some atoms will be pulled into the aluminium rod likely creating reactions that both coat the rod and leave behind molecules that look awful. the idea that this shows water purity is hilarious. as it's actively adding metal and causing reactions that wouldn't happen without the electricity. OK some stuff is already in your water, but hydrogen and oxygen make water, fecking dangerous on their own, inert and useful together. I use this technique at 12v 2 amps to etch circuit boards. if you add salt into the water at enough quantity at allows the copper to get pulled off the board (positive charge) and it ultimately plates what ever random piece of metal you connect to negative in the water. I think jewelers use the same technique to plate things. like in ferric chloride your etch resist keeps the bits you want safe. i used a crocodile clip for the positive link to the PCB once, half hour later there was no crocodile clip :p just a lonely spring and an unfinished PCB lol. I solder a load on now and cover in nail polish.
This is just similar to the colloidal silver makers Clive - the silver rods are hung in distilled water from both the positive and negative poles and the particles of silver dissolve into the water. The same will be happening here only it will be aluminium and steel particles which would be a totally bad for your health combination if you were to ingest them unlike the silver which is very good for your health and for use as an antibiotic.
The color is from ferric (iron) ions. That's why one of the electrodes is steel - it releases iron under the applied voltage, making sure that the water turns out to be "impure" and "needs" to be filtered. Distilled or de-ioniazed water, used in the other glass, won't conduct electricity, so the steel won't corrode and no color will be generated.
How the fuck is this a water tester ? It just makes shity brown water ! So it strips the metal ions into the water because it can't attach to the aluminum! How does that make sense ? Put impurities into the water what is that going to show?
+Phoenix Marzrover To people who don't know how it works, they think the murkiness is created by a reaction with the "impurities" already in the water. Anyone with knowledge of electricity and electrolysis can see it doesn't test anything, and anyone scientifically minded enough to "test" the water after unnecessary and expensive filtration will see nothing is different. However, lots of people have neither of these qualities.
I have seen this quackery before,sticking your fingers in water shared with electricity and metal is pretty much guarenteed to case concern. It is a fair bet this thing is banned in the US. people have been conned out of their hard earned money for centuries,suprise! I cant believe you said the word aluminum in American dialect,almost fell over...lol. As usual, great show. I learn a little more every time.
+Carbon 12 The fact there is hardly any regulation on what is sold on Ebay,it really is a buyer beware world there. Even buying from a web based store you need to pay attention to the details. If the description is vague in any way,I wont buy from them. the last thing I want is a picture of the product being sent to me instead of the actual product, just because I mistook the ad as being literal,when it wasnt. I know people that ended up buying photograph of a tablet instead of the actual thing,because they assumed the item mentioned refered to a tablet,but didnt actually say that is was one. Now days they have really cracked down on that scam,apparently now it has to be posted under photography. Pay Pal is good about protecting your purchases, as is credit cards and others. but you still have to use common sence.
The lighter electrodes are quite possibly ZINC ( or a zinc alloy). A Reverse Osmosis water filter (most likely what these are used to promote) would reduce the Total Dissolved Solids in the water low enough(
Shocking levels of scientific illiteracy. I've come to realise that most of the progress in the world has come from just a few people. The absolute majority would still be getting wet every time it rained, and killing each other to make sure the Sun comes up, without the few sensible people.
+TwitchFast Have you ever seen how people talk about radiation and nuclear power? Scientific illiteracy is unfortunately still the norm rather than the exception.
I've seen persistent attempts of some people to ignore the laws of physics entirely. My favourite is a friend of mine showing me plans for a "water powered car" theory of operation - battery electrolyses water, makes hydrogen, car burns hydrogen, drives the car and charges the battery. He said "the man keeps it down". I explained to him the concept of law of conservation of energy. Even showed him maths to prove that even if cycle was near 100% efficient (and it would never approach that), you'd still end up with a dead battery and egg on your face. He still doesn't believe me. *sighs*
I don't know how that resistor (in series with the LED) would actually cope either. Mains in (240V) - voltage drop over LED (2-3V) = voltage drop over resistor (237V?) Using V=IR, or I = V/R, that gives a current of 1.58mA P=IV, so 1.5mA multiplied by 237 Volts = approx 0.375W, or 375mW. That looks to be a 1/4W (250mW) resistor...
I think because the aluminum and (what ever kind of steel that is) steel make a chemical reaction agitated by the voltage. I also think it's called galvanic corrosion.
+Christian Gerefalk I tend to look at it as they have a firm understanding that there are many stupid, ignorant, and/or ill-informed people who are very gullible and willing to give them money. They also don't give a shit if their products kill you. Because they know there will be another sucker waiting to take their place.
Perhaps using a low quality filter system does not mean water would be 100% filtered my friend. I used this same identical device (with English label not Chinese like yours) to test several times on all different kind of bottled waters. Some came out almost same dark yellow color with traces of copper, iron, metal, etc... Other would be dark green and dark brown. In general, if my tester was a scam (some other counterfeits perhaps) all water from all bottle would come out with the same yellow color like your demonstration. The result is only one brand LAMAQUA remained pure, clear freshly clean and Aquafina got a little faded yellow color. La Vie and the rest... tell me about it. Man, the look from the result of these glasses of water from these bottled water brands alone already killed my desire to consume. I am a public figure. I do care for my health and my entire family so my advice, get another better filter system or another better tester to test your filtered water my friend. Peace.
I used to sell home water softening and purification systems door to door back in 2008. I remember having one of these things in my kit. The device would be used on plain tap water to neutralise the chlorine in the water and show the homeowner what was really in the water. Then we would hook up the 2 stage water purifyer demo unit which was a smaller version of the in home 2 stage unit. We sold a full 5 stage water purification system. The first 2 stages would soften the water and remove quite alot of the total dissolved solids in the water stages 3, 4, and 5 would perform reverse osmosis on the water at a unit housed under the kitchen sink and then that would become the households "drinking water". We also had a "TDS" meter which woud tell us how many parts per million of total dissolved solids were in the water. The electric rod unit would be used to make them visible.. Or at least that is what i was told by my managing company. This same tech is used in the "inonizing" foot bath in many pedicure salons to "remove toxins from the body" truth be told they are just running a low current thru the water and neutralising the purification processes that the water goes thru at the municipal water purifying plant. I did accidentally break one of these units once by shorting it out when i put it into a cup that was to short snd msde contsct with the kitchen sink. It sparked and triggered the circuit breaker in the home. Also left the sink scarred by an arc spotweld. All in all and interesting and fun gizmo. But from what i was told. I thought i was showing people the truth about the water in their homes. I was never aware of any snake oil schenanigans. Also that water filter you used was a charcoal filter wasnt it... Not a 2 stage salt ion exchange water softening filter or reverse osmosis. With reverse osmosis water you get no reaction with the device. With 2 stage salt ion exchange water softening you get a drastically reduced reaction. And now that i have watched the whole video with the circuit breakdown. (I dont know why it didnt hit me when i had the thing in my hand) the "yuck" in the water is actually generated by the rapid oxidation of the steel rod due to the electrical current and the different ways the two metals act in water when electrified. But ther eis one thing missing from your test that i got here in the dallss fort worth area of texas: i always got a green slimy almost algae like substance that also formed in the water when the unit was used. I kinda hsve to wonder why and what it was.
Yes, I am missing the explanation of why this test does not reveal impurities in water. I would love discussion on it’s efficacy despite it’s risks because my friend already did these tests on our water and I wonder if it means anything at all.
I just watched a video of a guy trying to say we should distill our water because when you put this electrolyzer in distilled water, it doesn't rust. He demonstrated it in the video. When he used evian and tap water, there was extreme rusting and discolouration. Is there any truth to that? Also, what causes the discolouring? I'm confused, I want to do my research before believing him.
Some water is absolutely safer than others. But if you live in a first world nation, then the water coming from your tap or any bottle is going to be perfectly safe
This is a very old video, but, my bet is that the reason for the electrodes being different metals? Electrochemistry. They're not content with leaving anything to chance; the electrodes _themselves_ have some kind of reaction that puts all that, as you say, 'yuck' in the water, and that reaction wouldn't happen if one of the glasses was, as you say, filled with distilled water masquerading as filtered. What was happening in those glasses reminded me very much of watching NurdRage. This is a scam on so, so, so many levels.
How new is the filter for the filtered water? It is cleaner water through your filter (you said it is) and may need replacing. A good test for testing your drinking water is, and I highly recommend we all do this, buy glass bottles with a largish screw on lids, and fill a bottle with cold water from you kitchen tap and fill another with water that has passed through your filter. Let the bottles stand up to 6 months and meanwhile drink bottled water from the supermarket. My glass bottles show a yellow sludge in the bottom of the glass bottles. So, I found out my water filter is dead within a year and the yellow sludge is insoluble substances in my tap drinking water. Deadly.
But wait a minute! The water now has electrolytes! You want us to put pure drinking water into our body? Like water from the toilet? Dont think anyone would get that one.... :'(
I have an idea. We buy tons of these kits, rebrand them as "dissolved gluten testing kits for home use" and sell them to the masses. That should do the trick.
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.
I just received my device today....took 10 days to get it at a low price of 3 1/2 dollars. It's a fun device (but never touch the electrodes...I measured the voltage and it did say 450V). I ordered mine on Gearbest (price went up in the past days). www.gearbest.com/testers-detectors/pp_413673.html
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At least it has a fuse, so you don't damage the device when you get electrocuted to death.
haha, made my day :P
David Cruise people who touches a live one doesn’t deserve to live
Electrocuted to death is redundant.
@@tubegerm6732 In this context, it works. Quite nicely.
@@moehoward01 fair enough.
I can't hear the words FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER without thinking of Mehdi
We might be the same person.
+THEGAMINGDAN unless you are American and female.
+THEGAMINGDAN We are all one. Just an amalgamation of consciousness xddd
*FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIERRRRR*
+Xenro66 lol
elecyroboim is yesssss
Finally something that, when put in water, is more dangerous than a hairdryer.
+Michael Burke electric water grinders come close.
What about a CHINESE hairdryer?
Ur dumbass nigga
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@@LittleNippers5 oh
The reason that one electrode has to be aluminum is that this device creates an oxidation-reduction reaction, sort of like a battery running in reverse.
When an iron electrode in water is given a positive charge of at or above the oxidation potential(at least .44 volts), it will split into Fe2+ ions and electrons. The electrons travel up the power wire and the iron ions go into the water, producing the red color.
If both electrodes were iron, then the reaction would run in reverse at the negative electrode, and the iron ions would turn back in to solid iron, and there would be no red color. However, aluminum is much harder to oxidize, water actually oxidizes before it does, so the aluminum electrode splits water into negative ions and hydrogen gas, making the bubbles.
Furthermore, the Fe2+ ions are oxidized at the anode to Fe3+. With the oxygen ions floating around, that forms iron(III) oxide, or red rust, which is responsible for the crusty floaties and appetizing mud color the solution develops. That's why the aluminum and iron electrodes have different threads; if you got the polarity reversed, you'd end up removing any rust on the iron rods instead of creating lots and lots of new rust.
@@zherron42 and MultipleMonomials thanks for the detailed explanation. I realised the "contamination" was being extracted from the electrodes but couldn't be bothered to Google exactly how. Cheers :)
This is the explanation I was looking for. Thank you.
It sickens me that somewhere, at some point in time, a clever engineer thought of this.
Is it called electrolysis
If the water doesn't kill ya, that 'water tester' sure will.
I just can't believe that lethal crap like that can be sold legally.
I don't think it's legal.
If it was legal, though I'm not terribly knowledgable of EU or UK regulations, I doubt it would be labelled completely in Mandarin. Check the first few moments of video as the label sides are flashed around, there's not a single Latin letter.
It's direct current, you don't have to worry as much about it as A.C. I really think Clive is being a pansy, I would touch electrode while on.. it'll just hurt a little
I did not see a transformer in there. where was it?
carolyn mmitchell What are you, the reincarnation of Edison? No, DC is FAAAAAAAR more dangerous given the constant voltage. It is like the different between getting shot with an automatic rifle verses a semi-automatic one. Yeah, both can have the same power and both will kill you, but the killing is at least slightly delayed with the semi-automatic (AC) given the breaks in firing just as how AC is referenced to a neutral point (often 0V). Also, AC requires a DC signal to stay stable. Kill the DC and you have just pushed the current over. DC? Shit is going to keep going until the original current source is killed...or you are. Guess which will happen faster?
Oh, my! Could that device be turning tap water into beer???? :D
INEBRIATI CONFIRMED
***** Hah! I made your day and you couldn't even give me one like?! :P
Hah, do you know what show I got that show from?
I wish !!!!!
Splitting the Beer atom!
Free beer
'10 amps... That should do it for heavly contaminated water!' lol
+yamatoneko1 I knew before he said it, was saying to my self, that's gonna be 10A. Why not? hah
+Alex Wright I thought it's 1 amp but forgot that the thing is chinese :)
There have actually been multiple case studies regarding water electrolysis for the removal of inorganic arsenic
Missed opportunity to sell fuses by using lower amp fuses
funny, its an electrolysis device,,, and you could have the cleanest water in the world, but it will ALWAYS pull the iron and other minerals out of solution.. leaving you with dirty looking water thats perfectly safe to drink, lol we need those minerals... if you let that thing go, it would turn it to pure water, and thats no good for humans to drink on a regular basis..
even reverse osmosis keeps the minerals.... kills everything else though...
Okay, so digging back into my corrosion course I think I know why they used two different metals. The device involves galvanic corrosion because it has two different metals in a medium with charge carriers (dissolved stuff like salts, etc..) In galvanic corrosion, one metal remains intact at the expense of the other and it will happen on its own over time which is why you want to be careful about building things with different metals in contact if they'll be in a wet environment. You can also apply electric current in one polarity to speed it up, or you can apply the opposite polarity to impede the corrosion (or reverse it, which is why you'd normally use something that can't corrode as the other electrode in such a case).
Now normally it's the aluminum that will corrode while protecting the steel, but a high potential in the other direction may reverse that. They could have used gold instead of aluminum but that might have been too expensive and too visually-obvious about what was going on, so they picked metals that looked roughly the same. And in making the iron corrode very rapidly, it makes a cloud of insoluble iron oxide which gives the illusion that all sorts of gross stuff was just revealed to be lurking in your water. Distilled water with few charge carriers wouldn't undergo this anywhere near as rapidly, and would look much better in a side-by-side test.
+Sarah Watt (NuclearSarah) This is basically how Electro-Plating works.
Usually steel, copper, zinc, palladium and in some circumstances, gold and silver are used in electroplating.
I never studied electroplating, but there are all sorts of things that work off of similar physics. Discharging and recharging batteries is very similar to galvanic corrosion, and the reaction used in thermite can be predicted using the same data that predicts the direction of galvanic reactions.
+Joseph Stalin Not with 240 volts and with a lot more amps.
Mentorcase It's the principle I was getting at.
The voltage doesn't really matter, it can work at 240V, as long as it is DC, which this device is. Seeing as it is going through a bridge rectifier.
+Sarah Watt (NuclearSarah) I thought as much regarding the iron-oxide particles, though I've never formally studied such things, seemed off to me then it clicked that electrolysis generates oxygen, which could bind with the iron from the steel that would come away into the water. Yay science!
A device specifically designed to kill scam artists... I wonder if the designer got scammed with a water filter themselves and came up with tihs product as revenge :-)
I wonder if the people selling the filters even know if they're scamming people.
+Jim Conner Or the seller got too many claims of "item never arrived" from the scam artists.
+thelol1759 Oh yes they do. I used to work for a water filtration company and the sales team used these all the time while knowing it was a scam.
mknechtel 😕 well I guess its a living...
I could see someone passing these out along with a lighter and a pack of cigarettes to scam artist. Scammer uses the device. Attempts to light a cigarette but ignites their hand from the hydrogen released by electrolytic reaction. Tries to put it out with the glass of water only to get burned from heat dissipated in the water from the electric current passing through it. Goes to hospital to find they have developed tetnitus from heavy iron oxide exposure on the wound.
Someone really has something against water filter salesmen.
i love how there are channels out there thinking that distilled water is the best thing in the world bc they have seen experiments with these "water testers", normal water is healthier anyway due to the minerals that your body needs
Passenger depends on the country, UK water tastes like chlorine to me and I cannot stomach it.
RetroKid That is deionized water. If you drink it the way you drink normal water, it will disrupt the electrolyte balance inside your body, making you feel bad. Continue drinking it, and bad stuff like organ damage is a possiblity.
jodie: the bottled water still is not some distilled water maybeh?
Passenger destillated water can even harm your body
jo jim I know I'm late, but that's not the half of it. It is extremely deadly to drink deionised water instead of regular water, it leaches the minerals from your body, which can destroy your nerves, turn your bones to powder and worse. A glass once might not hurt, but any more and you are risking a very bad time.
i saw this thing on facebook, a guy was "demonstrating" how bad tap water was saying you should drink distilled water, but really he was just demonstrating the low conductivity of distilled water
Distilled water is actually mildly bad for you. There are no beneficial minerals in it.
DNB
As opposed to all the chlorine and mind destroying fluoride in tap water? I only drink double filtered rainwater I collect myself. Should I need a drink in town I buy distilled water from the laundry section of a supermarket as almost all spring waters have added fluoride.
Drinking distilled water from time to time will do no harm. It is just pure water and nothing else.
@@benlittle7799 Sounds exactly like General Ripper.
@@benlittle7799 :
It's actually bad to drink large amounts of fluoride (***I don't know how large).
It accumulates in bone and teeth and makes them brittle.
It makes no sense to add to drinking water.
It makes sense to brush your teeth with NaF toothpaste and spit it out
@@dnb5661 Distilled water is the only water you should consume if you care about your health. It's simply pure water, H2O, nothing else. The "beneficial minerals" in mineral or tap water are NOT beneficial minerals. They are INORGANIC minerals that the body can't assimilate. They are toxic to the body, and cause cataracts, atherosclerosis, arthritis, etc. Only PLANTS can use INORGANIC minerals (aka dirt...) and convert them to organic minerals that are then usable by humans. Getting your minerals from your water is skipping the vital step.... it's like eating dirt. You're not a plant.
Here's a free gift for you:
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my father actually believed in salesman that use those tester. i had a feeling at that time this is a fake test, and i was right
@Jeroen van den Ploeg rainwater has no minerals that's why
I took electronics in high school and my teacher didn't make it very easy to understand everything. I've always wanted to learn more and get back into electronics, and your channel has been such a great help to me. Thanks from across the pond.
Chinese, open mains voltage and made to scam people. If it was pink it would be the perfect product for this channel :D
Hah, so true :)
It is a secret form of Chinese population control.
You're like the Ashens of electronic devices.
exactly
Except without Ashens's smarmy local-radio DJ voice.
At least a Popstation won't kill you (Though some of the stuff Ashens eats might)
I was thinking the same thing
***** Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw them do a crossover once when ashens was reviewing something electronic.
My parents got one of these and showed me how "dirty" our bottled water is. The irony is that we live in Germany and water quality is extremely well regulated here. Thankfully guys like this exist.
Make sure they know how dangerous it is. Even when the power switch on it is off.
Distilled water is "control" you could buy a £500 lab grade one if you wanted. . But if it shows you the same .. then what ?! Yiur "experiment was as scientific as a dog licking it's own balls
If you do a parts per million test you'll get real results which actually match what this device does.
i dont think it matters where you live, your water is going to have tons of metals and other nasty shit in it. ive seen this done on distilled water and it stayed perfectly clear while the tap water was a disgusting green and black.
So what is your conclusion?
It electromagnetically charges the water, sure. But that is completely beyond the point of why these are being used.
charging the water is the only way to make the components within the water, come together and become visual.
When charging distilled water, there is no occurrence of sludgy minerals.
So basically this device just reveals what your minerals look like inside of non distilled water?
The question missed here, is; Does normal water naturally contain these sludgy minerals revealed by electromagnetic charge?
Or is the sludgyness artificially apparent due to the insertion of prongs?
Its not a scam, if the water already contains these minerals, and the prongs just visualize them.
It IS a scam, if the water does not contain minerals that turn sludgy when charged electrically.
my bet is that, the water already contains unnecessary minerals, and is filtered with chlorine chloride & fluoride in order to make this appear visually pleasing.
The steel and aluminum electrodes were probably to cause galvanic corrosion, which I believe is what was discoloring the water.
The recently built "Littoral Combat Ship" Independence in the US Navy embarrassingly suffered from this problem as well, because of the aluminum hull being in contact with the stainless steel propulsion system via the saltwater, which caused "aggressive corrosion".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_corrosion#US_Navy_Littoral_Combat_Ship_Independence
They ended up temporarily hanging a chunk of Zinc over the side of the ship while it was in harbour to prevent the corrosion to the ship, and instead corroding the Zinc, which is called a "sacrifical anode" or "cathodic protection", until they can install an onboard system. Which is available on tiny fishing boats, so this was a Navy level mistake.
Here's the wiki article
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_anode
and another similar one on protection systems
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathodic_protection
So BigClive, I propose you get a sacrificial anode, charge it opposite to the aluminum cathode, and see if you can't stop that water turning yellow.
We'll show them yet who has the cleanest damn water!
Hahaha! Thumbs up ;)
+cidshroom The people designing that ship should have been shot on the spot. (working with metals on a daily basis here)
Mp57navy I know, I have basic experience with boats and I knew this was possible. I just refuse to believe this is a mistake, I think someone thought they could get some extra maintenance revenue in.
I mean they had to drydock a brand new ship, to remove the drive system to fix the corrosion! On a ship that's already about 3x more than the original estimate of $220 million. It's completely absurd!
SpaceX should found MilitaryX next. Maybe they can make military hardware about 1/6th the price, the same way they did with rockets.
+john carlaw Exactly, these are not small firms. They employ extremely talented people to oversee the development of these ships. I think it had to be a conscious choice somewhere down the line, I refuse to believe it was accidental.
If it was somehow accidental, it's incredibly embarrassing, and points to something being VERY wrong in their design/approval process.
It's a shame, because I think it looks like one sexy ship!
People from the enemy infiltrated the defense force and deployed electrolytic warfare ;)
Yes but there is Chinglish special safety instructions included.
I like the bit about miscarriage of justice? Translation please!
Security Warning:
When powered on, the hand can not touch the electrode; finger does not insert into the test water;
do not let children play electrolyzer.
Finished, clean electrode with a dry cloth , and safekeeping.
The tester can not be used to evaluate the quality of mineral water, because when using the measurement of mineral water,
mineral water and other contaminants may also be some chemical reactions in the water, will give users a miscarriage of justice.
+Garry Gemmell I swear this channel is becoming more and more 'Scottish Electric Ashens'.
+JibbyVideos "Scottish Electric Ashens" - Is that Chinglish?
Translation Please!
Chinglish:
The example ash is youtube popularity (sub high) which the spealise of criticism cheap items of bad and food of rot. The ash setting (长椅) of brown sofa is setting of video location record. Similarities of the big clove and the ash many. However clove speak natanality of scot with attention electronic.
Translation from Chinglish to English:
Ashens is a popular TH-camr who reviews rubbish Chinese rip off products and out of date food on a brown sofa. The two channels are pretty similar in ways (Only their hands are present and there's a fair bit of 'Pigeon English' on both channels) except BigClive is Scottish and focuses mostly on awful electronics instead of awful knockoffs and food.
That was fun to type haha
I see,Ta for the update - so Clive is a bit of a copiest is he - which came first the bigclive or the ashens that is the question.
Ashens definitely came first, but I feel Clive is "Asheny" in his own unique way.
10 amps. Enough to kill a couple of people in series.
thany3 it's DC it won't kill nobody
110V or 220V will kill u no mater DC or AC
not necessarily
Most necessarily
110v dc wont kill you rofl
It should be renamed the 'darwin device' as it's clearly aimed at people with little sense who are in a rush to get to heaven quickly.
+BillyNoMates1974 The real problem is, that in a nation with the population of China, and with overall, such a poor educational record, there are an unimaginably huge number of people who'd take this product at face value...
@@cogidubnus1953 Hmmmm..I'm 1953 too. With the raw material China has, Darwinism is their only hope.
You can safely assume that if their channel stops updating, they touched the electrodes...
seems that some people here skipped the basic chemistry classes
maybe they were just stoned during chemistry class
Shroom Duke we didnt even have the accel. of the earth or experiments like that
I remember chemistry class. I was banned from it.
Clive, I love your quackery videos. Probably my favorite features you do on this channel. Thank you for explaining things so thoroughly for those of us who don't have backgrounds in circuitry or electronics!
"I have a sneaky feeling this isn't electrically safe at all" followed by "it comes from an eBay seller" :-).
I don't know why I keep watching your videos. I know nothing about electronics and most of this I just don't understand. Must be your soothing british voice...
+linas3001 That would be Scottish ;)
+linas3001 The more you watch, the more you learn.
+Ben Thomson Oh. Thank god I didn't call him English then.
+linas3001
I don't think Clive would even care. He's most certainly not a nationalistic idiot.
10 Amps! Holy fuck! I want to see you short those electrodes out and watch the FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER explode!
JPT. started watching your vids and have to say, i'm mesmerised by your knowledge. excellent deconstruction of the items you test. keep up the good work for us with less limited knowledge. top marks :)
Yikes, why not just strip bare a zip cord and plug it in... and let the kids play with it? Yeah a 10 amp fuse? That fuse will still be good long after you've gone into fibrillation and turning blue.
+Craig Nehring The bridge rectifier will explode, and thereby protect the 10A fuse.
It looked like you made your own Irn-Bru lol 👍🇬🇧🤓
+John Gamble Made in Scotland from g̶i̶r̶d̶e̶r̶s̶ Chinese electrodes.
+John Gamble
Nah, Irn Bru is made from girders, not probes... :P
a guy came into my grandparent's house, and brought with him the same device.
it popped, got another device, popped again.
i guess their water is made of iron.
+ragenFOX Doesn't everyone drink molten iron?
It's really nice.
Daniel Evans yeah but you can only do it once in a while... and by a while I mean lifetime
I’ve just seen someone on TikTok making a video using this device and remembered watching this very video some years ago. They claimed their tap water was bad because of this. I shared your clip to their comments. Hopefully some will learn from this
Lol. The video was preceded by a water filter ad.
It's literally trying to electroplate in the water but the ferrous stuff won't stick to the aluminum so it floats around in solution and gives you that nasty look.
You should see what happens if you swap the polarity of both electrodes. Basically make it so that the steel is negative and aluminum is positive. Unless you think it's unsafe then obviously still do it.
+Lucas Solomon Hmmmm. Now there's an idea.
I wonder what will happen yes....I hope bigclivedotcom will solder the electrodes after switching the polarity....and film it (ofc at your own risk!) so I don't have to do it on my device :P.
five bucks says you won't see the water turn brown.
because that wasn't iron oxide you were seeing there, it was aluminum hydroxide.
@@thomasneal9291 I would say rust.
As soon as I saw the title of this video I knew I had to stop everything and watch it.
Great video, keep them coming
I was looking for the fake CE mark. I'd laugh if someone sent it in to UL, with a letter asking "is this safe".
I'm quite impressed by your ability to ignore the loons that this video has drawn to your comments section! Apparently if you write *really long comments* it makes you more credible and persuasive.
thank for not sharing the link. genuinely
+Robert Condon (SunnyTurtle) - Because people watching this video might think it works, and get one for themselves?
RFC3514 more like to make sure these assholes dont get another dime.
You know, through much of my trip through your channel, I've been wondering why you would assemble such a hoard of spooky devices. I've come around and realized that there just aren't enough in-depth reviews of sometimes-sketchy eBay electronics, or electronics in general; most reviewers just aren't eager or well-versed enough to crack open the hull of a device if it isn't a smartphone. So thank you for giving me a look inside so many devices, warts and all.
I'm guessing the yellow colour is Iron III Hydroxide. you definitely don't want to drink that!
Paul Mansfield was just gonna ask lol
+VEGAN WarriorⓋ Even distilled water (but that needs some sort of electrolyte)
You are correct and that's the scam. It is indeed iron, hence the different electrodes. Aluminum will not electroplate, so the "rusted" metal from the steel electrode stays in the water.
nope, the brown color is aluminum hydroxide, not iron. that's why they use an aluminum anode.
Because the negative is alum, the iron particles wont stick too well to it. The freed up iron particles just become oxidized from the hydrogen loss reaction at the nucleation site. It maximizes rust production. The product doesn't work in the distilled water because distilled water lacks enough ions to conduct current.
Damn talk about dangerous. Touch those electrodes while its energized and you will be on floor and might not ever get back up again. Thanks for doing these videos where you break down "quack" devices that prey on gullible victims.
Michael Vinson I touched it on purpose , not bad
hawkturkey smh... whaat?
A friend of mine just got one of these. He tested tap water against spring water. The spring water just had a little yellow/orange tint. The tap water had all the green and black. We're testing different filtered water tomorrow.
The colour is caused by the electrode corrosion and conductivity of the water. Just because water is slightly conductive doesn't mean the minerals in it are bad.
Be very careful to unplug this device before touching it, as it is extremely dangerous.
That's a birthday present for the wife sorted then!!!
+gartmorn hehehehe
+gartmorn Wouldn't the static electricity medical (and only medical) device thingy be better?
Afraid we don't do things by halves here in Scotland! ;-)
LOL
haha
The reason they used different electrodes, is because they react together more to likely increase the dirtying effect in the water.
As far as impurities in water, no biologist is ever going to tell you that humans and animals have to drink distilled water, in fact drinking water that has dissolved minerals in it is actually more beneficial often for the human or animal. Meaning things like river, dam, or underground water tend to be the best.
As far as water filters for tap water, it's a waste of money. What you want to do is buy a 400-600 litre water tank, it catches rainwater, this is then a perfect source for drinking water. This is what we do in Australia, apparently in America they don't allow people to do it, but in England I am unsure if you are allowed to do it, but England has a lot of rain and it would be easy to do it there.
Then you just use your tap water for showering, washing dishes, washing clothes etc. Indeed there is a taste difference, once you have drunk tap or spring water for at least a few days, you will then be able to tell how nasty tap water tastes, tap water has an intense chlorine taste. But if you regularly drink tap water you may not notice it, for the same reason that people can sit in a stinking room and not notice it, but a person walking in can notice it easily.
Not saying tap water is unhealthy to drink BTW, but they do add chlorine to it, and other stuff. The sterility and safety of the water is a bit more important than exactly how healthy it is for you, from the perception of the town water supply. Certainly I would never suggest drinking water out of a dam directly, lol.
Hey so spring water is not the best then? What about natural mineral water or Fiji water? Thanks
Congratulations! You made beer!
+Bassotronics whiskey!
+Bassotronics Well, rust anyhow.
+Bassotronics The flavouring in Russian Vodka . . .
Oof
@@jamesvandamme7786
not rust, aluminum hydroxide. that's why they use an aluminum cathode.
previous video on accelerated corrosion: "Ionic foot detox electrode scam. How it works." th-cam.com/video/zH0QpaDNwS8/w-d-xo.html
Does anyone else wish he would say "FULLLL BRIDGE RECTIFIYAAAA!!!" like Mehdi Sadaghdar from ElectroBOOM?
Thank you. Need more people like you. Thank you for taking the time to show us these things and keep us all more informed and safer.
I have no doubt some of the electrodes are alloys, and the electrolysis is likely breaking down the alloy and that's where the gunk is coming from.
Maybe yes, but I noticed different colours on several tests I did do with my device (just for giggles). Cold tap water, hot tap water, boiled water and when I find distilled water I will test that as well (wonder if the water gets coloured....if it does, the electrodes have some molecules emitted into the water right?).
The chemistry is quite simple. The gas bubbles at the negative (aluminum) electrode are hydrogen from the electrolysis of water. The brown is oxidized iron (iron(III) ions to be precise) from the positive electrode. If you look at the iron electrodes in the video, you can see some minor pitting on their surface. The current builds as more ions form in the water. Since distilled water doesn’t have much in the way of ions in it in the first place, you won’t see the same effect with it. Quackery is an excellent description. A note: as more current is passed, the more alkaline the resulting solution will be.
nope. the brown color is from the production of aluminum hydroxide from the aluminum anode. that's why they use an aluminum one to begin with, exactly to ALWAYS produce the same amount of brown color to the water, regardless of water quality.
@@thomasneal9291 so how come distilled water stays clear?
@@coinop7278 distilled water isn't really conductive, in comparison to water with a few ions in it.
Because it's not that conductive, there's not much charge flowing and that's why the metal rods aren't visibly breaking down.
If you'd leave the rods for longer in there, the rods break down initially slowly, then because they release ions into the distilled water the conductivity increases, making the breakdown of the rods quicker, making the water more conductive etc.
So there's simply a delayed reaction, your distilled water would look the exact same if you leave it in there for long enough.
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what "Deadly Quack Water" is and why one would want t test it . . . .
I remember when I was in elementary school, some guy advertised water filters with a similar device in our class. He put that thing into a glass of tap water, and the water turned dark brown. Children are usually more impressionable than adults, so probably the idea was to scare us shitless so that we ask our parents to install those filters in order to purify the "dirty water". It's been twenty years already, but those con artists still use this device, heh.
Nice video dude, you put this out right before i subbed to you. Got to love rusty scams
Fake water tester doubles as a lethal electrical prod!
The electrodes are different for cathode/anode because if they were the same then both will decompose. Being steel and aluminium ensures only anode electrode breaks down
I wonder what causes the browning? rust? Great Job in exposing the quackery!
It is indeed rust, but accelerated by the current.
Your channel is enjoyable and informative. Thanks !!
Don't be daft Clive, the water you tested didn't seem to be moving at all.
*****
Rust is a salt...
Cosmo John I'm pretty sure I makes hydrogen and aluminium oxide the hydrogen probably made the water frothy and the the aluminium oxide coloured it.
Thanks for not linking it but now the under video ad is for these exact ridiculous things.
Hello Clive, have you been watching electroboom? 'fulllll bridge rectifier' ?
The only thing a device like this demonstrates is whether a solution can conduct an electric current. If it can, the solution will get gunked up with salts from the electrodes. For determining whether water is safe to drink, this is worse than useless.
Honestly, some scientific literacy should be expected and required for nurses. This isn't even high-school level.
@@LibraMami Quit your job and go back to school. You're a liability and a danger to others.
@@LibraMami Wow it's scary that you are allowed to give people medicine! s
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077681/
@@Camwize It is unbelievable, I agree. It is unbelievable that I did not become a statistic. It is unbelievable that as a single mother of two children not only did I work fulltime, but attend school fulltime, and successfully graduate.
It is unbelievable that I passed my state boards on the first try. It is unbelievable that this ever changing world, is constantly developing new methodologies for testing, resulting in curious minds developing new hypothesis. Many conclusions have yet to be determined. I'd imagine why I have the privilege of administering medication, to my patients are as follows.
1. I follow the policies, procedures, and abide by the laws set forth by the professional licensing agengy, and the state in which I reside.
2. I ask questions, and relentlessly research, always advocating for my patients.
3. I exercise compassion, and
empathy.
4. I recognize that no one individual is perfect, that we all perceive the world in a unique way, and not everyone is equipped with the intelligence to engage in a debate. (The response reminds me of things my 12 yr old would say to any individual he didn't agree with) In which he would be disciplined. Now I have some questions for you.
1.Have you always been a judgmental individual?
2.What life experiences resulted in such a distorted way of thinking?
3. How can one make an assumption as to the care one provides, by a mere comment or two?
4.Do you conduct yourself in the same manner at work, as you do in your home life?
5. Have you researched case studies on inorganic Arsenic removal by electrolysis?
6. What is your educational level?
My Biology teacher in high school did this Electrocoagulation and told us that water is masked at the plants so we think it's clean.... I believed it for decades.
The label actually says "Water Electrolyzer."
***** It is commonly used by scammers, who electrolyze the naturally occurring mineral content in tap water to convince you to buy their "water filter."
Had some guy try and scam me today with one of these.
@@Kinovwperformance Should have tried to make him touch the electrodes. Ask him to pull out a bit of the nasty shit to look at.
When scammers scam the scammers, thus protecting those being scammed. The paradox is amazing, I love it.
Shills are everywhere.
Is there *any* safe way to make an electrolysis device? Surely the whole point of the device is to have full mains voltage through the water?
Although the switch only killing one arm of the mains does make this device a potential man-stopper.....
whats happening is mixed metal ion exchange which causes oxidization. its the reason you generally avoid mixing aluminum with copper steel or nickel in water cooling setups
"let me draw u a diagram to help Understand"
Me.... Just as, if not; even more confused than before you drew it 😂
I saw a duo use one of these devices on Dragons Den to test the water from their machine, and they had an adorable chart showing what the different colours mean 😂
Ahh, _this_ is how they make Old Milwaukee beer. It's so clear now...or rather, not. lol
+SigEpBlue you also need to pee in it, for the american beer that is
Hey now.... ;)
Mickleblade no that's Mexican beer/soda that is set to go to America
What you're seeing here is the ferrous based electrode being oxidized to form what is essentially rust, which then goes into the water.
If only this device killed quackers.
+Maddin1313 AMEN!
+Maddin1313 If they decide to grab the electrodes, it just might. It'd at least hurt a helluva lot.
My scientific knowledge is somewhat dubious, but I think the reason they use alluminium for the cathode (-) is so the gunk coming from the steel anode (+), probably mainly iron for conductivity and nickel for added yellowing (so DEFFINATELY DONT DRINK IT as it would be HIGHLY TOXIC), doesn't get plated on to the cathode. Thus both electrodes remain shiny and 'clean' while the water gets murky.
*Sigh*
China...
+Luke Den Hartog Hello from the forum! (it's klh2000)
503technics Ohai :D
LOOK AT THIS OBVIOUSLY ""OVER"" WORRIED LUNATIC MAKING A SCARE TACTIC VID! YOUR ARGUMENT IS WEAK! IT'S FINE TO SAY ELECTRONICALLY THE DEVICE POSES THREATS BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING TO ADD PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO ""SELL"" YOU A WATER DISTILLER. FIRSTLY, ARE THE ONES MAKING DISTILLERS ALSO THE ONES MAKING THESE ELECTROLYZER TESTERS? SECOND, WHO'S 'NOT' TRYING TO SELL YOU SOMETHING IN THIS WORLD?! YOUR VIDEOS ARE MONETIZED. THIRD, SINCE WHEN DID YOU BECOME A HEALTH EXPERT? THE ONLY QUACK I SEE USING SCARE TACTICS IS YOURSELF. STICK WITH ELECTRONICS. STAY OFF GIVING HEALTH ADVICE. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WHICH WATER BOTTLE COMPANIES 'PAID YOU' TO MAKE THIS VIDEO TO MISINFORM A WHOPPING 288,000 SUBSCRIBERS?
Lee Pee lol wtf your talking about?
No matter where you go in the world, unless a Chinese based company has a Western, Japanese, South Korean or Taiwanese background, then I think that most people are already more than aware that you should never ever buy anything electrical from the despotic, People's Republic of Cheap & Poorly Made Crap, namely China...
That thing is pretty handy to learn your students about redox reactions
And thats how they make Irn Bru
I lol'd
Ha! It's made of girders...... very rusty ones
Ive just tested mine. Evian VS uk tap water. The tap water was very yellow indicating high acids and fluoride.. which we know is in our tap water. The evian was alot darker with bluey green indicating sodium, mags, metals ect... which is consistent with whats on the bottles ingredients.
THIS DEVICE WORKS PERFECTLY!! How or why does not matter. It works.
Although its cheap and could probably cause death by electrocution.. it still works.
What is being produced in the water when the device is turned on?
+SGM 26 Rust.
+bigclivedotcom That's quite a bit of rust
+SGM 26 It depends on the minerals present in the water. Like iron, sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium. The current breaks water molecules down to its basic components, hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen then combines with the impurities and some of the electrodes metal, other chemical reactions can occur, mostly it's rust because of the presence of oxygen and iron which causes a redox reaction between the elements.
+SGM 26 Mostly ferric hydroxide and an assortment of other iron compounds.
as others have said it should be mostly iron, but will depend on the exact composition of your local water what else it will throw off.
The real joke is that the reason the positive is made of iron is that the electric charge is actually stripping iron ions off the rod and some atoms will be pulled into the aluminium rod likely creating reactions that both coat the rod and leave behind molecules that look awful.
the idea that this shows water purity is hilarious. as it's actively adding metal and causing reactions that wouldn't happen without the electricity.
OK some stuff is already in your water, but hydrogen and oxygen make water, fecking dangerous on their own, inert and useful together.
I use this technique at 12v 2 amps to etch circuit boards.
if you add salt into the water at enough quantity at allows the copper to get pulled off the board (positive charge) and it ultimately plates what ever random piece of metal you connect to negative in the water. I think jewelers use the same technique to plate things. like in ferric chloride your etch resist keeps the bits you want safe.
i used a crocodile clip for the positive link to the PCB once, half hour later there was no crocodile clip :p just a lonely spring and an unfinished PCB lol. I solder a load on now and cover in nail polish.
This is just similar to the colloidal silver makers Clive - the silver rods are hung in distilled water from both the positive and negative poles and the particles of silver dissolve into the water. The same will be happening here only it will be aluminium and steel particles which would be a totally bad for your health combination if you were to ingest them unlike the silver which is very good for your health and for use as an antibiotic.
+William Woods This unit would be a very fast colloidal silver generator.
Me thinking "that doesn't seem very safe" and next thing in the video "it's not very safe as you could probably guess ".
Well yeah, and the video title starts with "Deadly"....
The color is from ferric (iron) ions. That's why one of the electrodes is steel - it releases iron under the applied voltage, making sure that the water turns out to be "impure" and "needs" to be filtered.
Distilled or de-ioniazed water, used in the other glass, won't conduct electricity, so the steel won't corrode and no color will be generated.
How the fuck is this a water tester ? It just makes shity brown water ! So it strips the metal ions into the water because it can't attach to the aluminum! How does that make sense ? Put impurities into the water what is that going to show?
+Phoenix Marzrover It's fake. They tell you that the rust is just the impurities in your water being visualised.
+bigclivedotcom #science
+Phoenix Marzrover
To people who don't know how it works, they think the murkiness is created by a reaction with the "impurities" already in the water.
Anyone with knowledge of electricity and electrolysis can see it doesn't test anything, and anyone scientifically minded enough to "test" the water after unnecessary and expensive filtration will see nothing is different. However, lots of people have neither of these qualities.
+Phoenix Marzrover How is Trump a presidential candidate? -> Your argument is invalid.
+OriginalPiMan I'd wager that yellow cloud is aluminum chloride :-) I'm glad poster didn't drink the water.
I have seen this quackery before,sticking your fingers in water shared with electricity and metal is pretty much guarenteed to case concern. It is a fair bet this thing is banned in the US. people have been conned out of their hard earned money for centuries,suprise! I cant believe you said the word aluminum in American dialect,almost fell over...lol. As usual, great show. I learn a little more every time.
+scott firman You would be surprised what is legal in the us, and what is sold illegally on ebay.
+Carbon 12 The fact there is hardly any regulation on what is sold on Ebay,it really is a buyer beware world there. Even buying from a web based store you need to pay attention to the details. If the description is vague in any way,I wont buy from them. the last thing I want is a picture of the product being sent to me instead of the actual product, just because I mistook the ad as being literal,when it wasnt. I know people that ended up buying photograph of a tablet instead of the actual thing,because they assumed the item mentioned refered to a tablet,but didnt actually say that is was one. Now days they have really cracked down on that scam,apparently now it has to be posted under photography. Pay Pal is good about protecting your purchases, as is credit cards and others. but you still have to use common sence.
...Since it's DC, can't this thing make hydrogen and oxygen?
+shurdi3
Yep! You can see the bubbles forming on the electrodes :-)
+Luc Everse Yeah I was thinking of water electrolysis.
We had similar bubbles with all the electrode boilers though.
We need a lighter
Do you mean space shuttle fuel?
The lighter electrodes are quite possibly ZINC ( or a zinc alloy). A Reverse Osmosis water filter (most likely what these are used to promote) would reduce the Total Dissolved Solids in the water low enough(
I don't understand how people fall for this crap lol, though I guess the conspiracy theorist people love it.
Shocking levels of scientific illiteracy. I've come to realise that most of the progress in the world has come from just a few people. The absolute majority would still be getting wet every time it rained, and killing each other to make sure the Sun comes up, without the few sensible people.
+TwitchFast Have you ever seen how people talk about radiation and nuclear power? Scientific illiteracy is unfortunately still the norm rather than the exception.
+L_A_G
Chemtrails, LOL!
Well ppl believe that we are ruled by reptilians and so on
I've seen persistent attempts of some people to ignore the laws of physics entirely. My favourite is a friend of mine showing me plans for a "water powered car" theory of operation - battery electrolyses water, makes hydrogen, car burns hydrogen, drives the car and charges the battery. He said "the man keeps it down". I explained to him the concept of law of conservation of energy. Even showed him maths to prove that even if cycle was near 100% efficient (and it would never approach that), you'd still end up with a dead battery and egg on your face. He still doesn't believe me. *sighs*
I don't know how that resistor (in series with the LED) would actually cope either. Mains in (240V) - voltage drop over LED (2-3V) = voltage drop over resistor (237V?)
Using V=IR, or I = V/R, that gives a current of 1.58mA
P=IV, so 1.5mA multiplied by 237 Volts = approx 0.375W, or 375mW. That looks to be a 1/4W (250mW) resistor...
Maybe this could be repurpoed a an electroplater
I was thinking the same.
I bet your thoughts had better spelling though.
thats was my thinking also
rimmersbryggeri eh I doubt that, it seems his brain has failed in spelling area.
I think because the aluminum and (what ever kind of steel that is) steel make a chemical reaction agitated by the voltage. I also think it's called galvanic corrosion.
The Chinese seem to have a fondness of dangerous mains voltage gear.
+Christian Gerefalk I tend to look at it as they have a firm understanding that there are many stupid, ignorant, and/or ill-informed people who are very gullible and willing to give them money. They also don't give a shit if their products kill you. Because they know there will be another sucker waiting to take their place.
+Avi Tech AGREED!!!
+Avi Tech - Using natural selection as a valuable research tool.
well they do have a population problem
Perhaps using a low quality filter system does not mean water would be 100% filtered my friend. I used this same identical device (with English label not Chinese like yours) to test several times on all different kind of bottled waters. Some came out almost same dark yellow color with traces of copper, iron, metal, etc... Other would be dark green and dark brown. In general, if my tester was a scam (some other counterfeits perhaps) all water from all bottle would come out with the same yellow color like your demonstration.
The result is only one brand LAMAQUA remained pure, clear freshly clean and Aquafina got a little faded yellow color. La Vie and the rest... tell me about it. Man, the look from the result of these glasses of water from these bottled water brands alone already killed my desire to consume.
I am a public figure. I do care for my health and my entire family so my advice, get another better filter system or another better tester to test your filtered water my friend.
Peace.
These are making a resurgence on Instagram... Ive been directing them to this video x.x
OblivionSundae social media is for sheep
I used to sell home water softening and purification systems door to door back in 2008. I remember having one of these things in my kit.
The device would be used on plain tap water to neutralise the chlorine in the water and show the homeowner what was really in the water. Then we would hook up the 2 stage water purifyer demo unit which was a smaller version of the in home 2 stage unit.
We sold a full 5 stage water purification system. The first 2 stages would soften the water and remove quite alot of the total dissolved solids in the water stages 3, 4, and 5 would perform reverse osmosis on the water at a unit housed under the kitchen sink and then that would become the households "drinking water". We also had a "TDS" meter which woud tell us how many parts per million of total dissolved solids were in the water. The electric rod unit would be used to make them visible.. Or at least that is what i was told by my managing company. This same tech is used in the "inonizing" foot bath in many pedicure salons to "remove toxins from the body" truth be told they are just running a low current thru the water and neutralising the purification processes that the water goes thru at the municipal water purifying plant.
I did accidentally break one of these units once by shorting it out when i put it into a cup that was to short snd msde contsct with the kitchen sink. It sparked and triggered the circuit breaker in the home. Also left the sink scarred by an arc spotweld.
All in all and interesting and fun gizmo. But from what i was told. I thought i was showing people the truth about the water in their homes. I was never aware of any snake oil schenanigans.
Also that water filter you used was a charcoal filter wasnt it... Not a 2 stage salt ion exchange water softening filter or reverse osmosis. With reverse osmosis water you get no reaction with the device. With 2 stage salt ion exchange water softening you get a drastically reduced reaction.
And now that i have watched the whole video with the circuit breakdown. (I dont know why it didnt hit me when i had the thing in my hand) the "yuck" in the water is actually generated by the rapid oxidation of the steel rod due to the electrical current and the different ways the two metals act in water when electrified. But ther eis one thing missing from your test that i got here in the dallss fort worth area of texas: i always got a green slimy almost algae like substance that also formed in the water when the unit was used. I kinda hsve to wonder why and what it was.
Yes, I am missing the explanation of why this test does not reveal impurities in water. I would love discussion on it’s efficacy despite it’s risks because my friend already did these tests on our water and I wonder if it means anything at all.
Yeah.. I wish I better understood this stuff. It just does not stick in my brain.
I just watched a video of a guy trying to say we should distill our water because when you put this electrolyzer in distilled water, it doesn't rust. He demonstrated it in the video. When he used evian and tap water, there was extreme rusting and discolouration. Is there any truth to that? Also, what causes the discolouring? I'm confused, I want to do my research before believing him.
It's all fake. The colouring is based on the conductivity of the water causing fast corrosion of the electrodes.
+bigclivedotcom Thank you for clearing that up! So would you say there is no truth in some waters being 'safer' than others?
+Maia Any clean drinking water is fine.
Some water is absolutely safer than others. But if you live in a first world nation, then the water coming from your tap or any bottle is going to be perfectly safe
Unless you live in Michigan.
This is a very old video, but, my bet is that the reason for the electrodes being different metals? Electrochemistry. They're not content with leaving anything to chance; the electrodes _themselves_ have some kind of reaction that puts all that, as you say, 'yuck' in the water, and that reaction wouldn't happen if one of the glasses was, as you say, filled with distilled water masquerading as filtered.
What was happening in those glasses reminded me very much of watching NurdRage. This is a scam on so, so, so many levels.
How that shit gets through customs i dont know .
+Barrybados©. so do you wan them to open and search through any package with anything electrical in it?
Yeah and check for bombs and that at the same time .
+Barrybados©. How many letters and parcels do you think pass through sorting rooms every day? Far too many to ever check.
+Barrybados©. It's not Australia
+Barrybados©. - Shit is easy to detect by smell. And you can order one of these from Australia just fine. In fact, there are a couple of Australian websites dedicated to exposing quack electronics - some imported, some produced locally, some even subsidised by the government.
The notion that people working in customs know everything about physics, chemistry, engineering, etc. (and can read every language) to determine if every item fulfils its manufacturer's claims is a bit silly.
How new is the filter for the filtered water? It is cleaner water through your filter (you said it is) and may need replacing. A good test for testing your drinking water is, and I highly recommend we all do this, buy glass bottles with a largish screw on lids, and fill a bottle with cold water from you kitchen tap and fill another with water that has passed through your filter. Let the bottles stand up to 6 months and meanwhile drink bottled water from the supermarket. My glass bottles show a yellow sludge in the bottom of the glass bottles. So, I found out my water filter is dead within a year and the yellow sludge is insoluble substances in my tap drinking water. Deadly.
But wait a minute! The water now has electrolytes! You want us to put pure drinking water into our body? Like water from the toilet?
Dont think anyone would get that one.... :'(
+PierreDolphin - But it's what plants crave!
The sad moment when idiocracy is almost reality...
I have an idea. We buy tons of these kits, rebrand them as "dissolved gluten testing kits for home use" and sell them to the masses. That should do the trick.
+PierreDolphin It's only sad if it doesn't remind the reader on the other end of the migraine inducing stupidity that that move caused.
Vladimir S I didnt get it at all. Care to explain please?
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.
That thing is deadly in more ways than one! Holy shit the person makes and sells that thing should be in prison for multiple reasons
Stupid comment. If you have a low IQ, don't use it.
@@wefukthenwo then buy one and use it! test your drinking water with it and drink it please
The switch is only on one contact?? What if you plug it in upside-down and it's the live that's always connected???? Bloody hell, Harry!
Where do you find this stuff?
+TheUnnamedGent
Genocidal ebay sellers.
+TheUnnamedGent eBay has its own section like TH-cam - best not go there...
I just received my device today....took 10 days to get it at a low price of 3 1/2 dollars. It's a fun device (but never touch the electrodes...I measured the voltage and it did say 450V). I ordered mine on Gearbest (price went up in the past days). www.gearbest.com/testers-detectors/pp_413673.html
The "junk" on the water is mostly the metal from the rods that slowly dissolve in the water because normal tap water is conductive.