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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCE tion, the cell is again subjected to electro- static surface tension. The excess gas/ener- gy stored within the cell is therefore trans- ferred to the input manifold due to the high buildup of pressure within the cell. Asa result, car speeds cannot be regulated effi- ciently. Joe also reported that Prof. Davis ha constructed a test cell shaped similarly to a car air filter and built with a thin outer cas- ing of stainless steel. When tested on a car, it suffered the same problem as Joe's plastic cell. The gas/energy pressure in this cel changed its shape from a flat disc to almost a complete sphere. It is a wonder these cells did not explode! Joe concluded that both the casing of the cell and the gas/energy transfer pipe neede to be constructed of rigid, robust material for the cell to operate efficiently without expansion and contraction of the parts. Although this cell provided the necessary energy to drive the V8, it proved too dan- gerous for further use. machined exactly to the same length, with great care taken to ensure that all the cylin- ders line up precisely level. The top of the anode outer casing also needs to be either conical or domed in shape in order to direct the energy to the opening at the top. The top and bottom of the inside set of cylin- ders should not be closer than one inch from the anode casing. However, the gap between the anode and the outer neutral cylinder can be as close as half an inch and maybe as wide as two inches. Joe said this outer gap was not important as long as it was not too close. Each of the cylinders needs to be sepa- rated by the best insulators available that will not react with the energy fields inside the cell. Synthetic insulators, made of plas- tics, nylon, teflon and the like, appear to be unsuitable because a conductive path soon develops across these insulators, resulting in a dead short between the cylinders and destruction of the energy fields developed in the water between the plates. I have examined a number of cells used by experimenters trying to duplicate the Joe phenomenon. These cells had been in use for some time, and when dismantled the cylinders showed deep pitting in the area around where the insulators had been located. In his cells, Joe used the black rubber tubing that is normally laid on the roads for traffic counting. Unfortunately, most of the road authorities have converted to syn- thetic material, which is not suitable for the cell. As a substitute, I have tried the pure rubber stoppers used in chemical laboratory experiments and as acid bottle-stoppers. These stoppers are solid rubber (without a hole in the middle to trap conductive ele- ments). They appeared to resist conductive outer growths up to 60 volts DC when test- ed for five days of continuous charging. No pitting was observed and adjoining plates still showed open circuit readings. When charging the water in the same cell as to be used in the car, make sure the sedi- ment formed on the surface of the water does not settle on these insulators, as this coating will soon form a conductive path over the rubber. This is one reason why Joe decided to use a separate water-charg- ing vat. When mounting the rubber stoppers (or pure rubber solid circular rod) between the plates, the round section of the rubber should be fitted horizontally between the plates, with the flat part against the cylin- ders. This will prevent sediment being trapped between the curved side of the rub- ber and the plate surface. Joe uses the minimum number of separa- tors that will maintain correct plate dis- tances: three insulators at the top of the cylinders and three more at the bottom. Each of the rubbers should be mounted-in approx. 5 mm from the edge of each cylin- der and arranged radially outward in three straight lines at 120-degree intervals. The rubbers, if cut slightly oversize, will hold the assemblies firmly in place to withstand car vibration. The trick, when assembling, is to mount one rubber on the centre tube first, then squeeze the first two cylinders together THE MARK Ill ENERGY CELL Joe then decided to use concentric cylin- ders with a thick stainless steel container, based on the same idea as the Mark I] cell. This new design would therefore incorpo- rate the advantages of his original Mark I cell with the concept of neutral plates. Joe also discovered that the cell had more power when the cathode was electri- cally connected to the bottom of the cell. By this method, the energy field was gener- ated over the entire surface of the cylinders. When the connection was made at the top of the cathode, only the top half of the cell seemed to be active. Mark II So, the Mark III cell consisted of five concentric circular cylin- ders. The central cylinder, of approx. one-inch diameter, was electrically connected through the bottom of the cell as the | cathode, but insulated from the outer casing. Then came three neutral cylinders, measuring two, three and four inches diam- eter, of equal height to the cath- ode and arranged concentrically outward from the centre, each providing approximately a half- inch gap between cylinders. The fifth cylinder formed the outer casing of stainless steel (minimum 3 mm thick) and sur- rounded the entire assembly. The plates inside have to be Lid screwed or jammed on and sealed with sealant NEXUS 51 Mark III "Joe" Energy Cell AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1998