Water & Electrodes? Con Or Not? Posted: 12-06-06 12:12pm
I'm not sure if this was the place to ask
this as it has to do with both doctoral
smarts and science smarts.
Some guy came over to my house to test our
water clarity today, and he hooked some
device up to 3 different glasses of water.
(i think he called it some kind of
electrode device? I missed that part)
one with tap-water, one with the bottled
water we drink, and one with the water he
brought.
After using this device, the tapwater
became litterally black, it looks like a
bunch of broken up pieces of dirt, or
crap.
The bottled water turned with a little bit
of orange sand at the bottom, and his
water had nothing out of the ordinary.
This guy wants to charge us some monthly
fee for a filter, which is tempting
considering what we saw in the water weve
been drinking...
What i'm asking is if this guy is a con,
and if what he showed us was some form of
trick, ive heard and I know alot of con
bull crap, but I cant pinpoint this one.
Any help or comments are appreciated
thanks
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hi2u22
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 12
Posted: 12-06-06 22:51pm
Alright. First off, I live in memphis
where they put a bunch of chlorine in our
water to hide its crap. Anyways...
He did electrolysis.
He most likely took an electrode made out
of a material that decomposes on contact
with certain chemicals.
Think of it like chrome plating, they take
the material, put it in a special liquid
that it reacts with, put electricity
through it, and then the stuff tries to go
from the positive to the hot electrode.
If you don't live in a clean country, I
personally would opt for something. Not
necessarily what he had to offer, but some
sort of filtration system for the tap
water you drink (if you do).
Bottled water should be fine if thats all
you drink. That stuff is processed.
Remember that cooking a substance you put
tap water doesn't necessarily get rid of
all the "bad stuff". Take the new carbon
nanotube/buckyball scare
also, please note this are the words of a
high-schooler, so i'm not going to
guarantee anything I say.
