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This is a candle substitute that's plugged in (or batterry powered).
The user fills the reservoir with water. The electricity (through a rectifier if plugged in) splits the water into hydrogen and oxygen at a safe rate, and the mixture is burned at the top of the candle.
The candle will automatically
cut off power if something whose conductivity is different than water has been placed in it (electrolyzing salt-water and burning the resulting hydrogen and chlorine would produce hydrogen chloride, which you do NOT want to breathe).
Admittedly, this is more of a novelty product, but it won't consume any oxygen in the room, won't have any toxic fumes, and will double as a humidifier!
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The only downside I can see is that a hydrogen flame is non-luminous, verging on invisibility ...
I like the idea though, and I may just bake one of these next weekend and try it out. |
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Hmm...perhaps this (like the FlameBulb idea I posted) needs a piece of metal to heat up. Let me know how it works if you do bake it! |
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This is the same as the flamebulb, as far as I can tell. You would need some sort of electrolyte or you will get no electrolysis. I like the reclaiming the water part - although I guess that was in Flame Bulb. Even if it were just a sputtering light, enough of these ought to get the room lit up. |
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Why don't you merge the Flame Bulb into this and localize the discussion of this concept, [cowtamer]? |
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