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So why is this blog here?

I get asked regularly what it is that my dad and I are "messing with" in the garage, or colleagues looking over my shoulder wondering what "joe cell" is all about. So I'm going to first of all recount the usual speel I give to them. Hopefully it's fairly accurate.

About 3 months ago now I stumbled across a device called a "Joe Cell" whilst researching free energy devices.

Ok, now I'm going to be lazy and find an extract from the internet and cut and paste it in here...

A Joe Cell is similar to an electrolysis cell built with concentric stainless steel pipes. Generally with diameters of 1, 2, 3, and 4 inch diameters, and sometimes with a 5 inch also. Different theories of length hold that the cylinders should be between 4" and 10" long. There are many theories of how a cell works. It is generally accepted to be an Orgone Accumulator.

An operating cell progresses through a series of stages, the first of which is simple electrolysis, the second is referred to as the seeding stage, in which the cell builds up a charge in the water, which eventually reaches a point where the cell will run an engine. There are higher stages that supposedly can be achieved. For example, stage 4 is supposed to nullify gravity. There are people who claim to have approached this stage, with the car weight getting less and less. Interestingly enough there is no current running through a breeding cell when it is running a car. Once the water is charged sufficiently no further energy is required. The cell is generally connected to the car through an aluminium tube to someplace on the block close to a water passage. It will then charge the coolant water, which will provide the energy to run the engine.

The cell causes an implosion in the engine rather than an explosion, so the timing must be significantly advanced so the spark occurs during the compression stroke. A running engine will get cold rather than hot. A car running on a good cell can be idled down to 1 or 2 rpm, and can easily accelerate to 18,000 rpm. Joe cells are notorious for messing up the cars electronics, so it is a bad idea to try one with an EFI engine. (Bernie)

Wierd stuff I'm sure you'll agree. The thing is, stories and idea's pop up on the internet all the time, ones like these that just make you think "ok, well, I'll wait and let everyone see if it's real". But for once I felt compelled to give this a go. I showed my dad what the cell was, how it was supposed to work and he was more than keen to have a go.

So at the moment, my dad and I have the basics of a Joe Cell, and in the next post I'll tell you where we got all of the materials from and how we constructed it.