Where normal water electrolysis requires the passage of current measured in amps, Meyer's cell achieves the same effect in milliamps. According to the witnesses, the most startling aspect of the Meyer cell was that it remained cold, even after hours of gas production. Meyer's experiments, which he seems to be able to perform to order, have earned him a series of US patents granted under Section 101. The granting of a patent under this section is dependent on a successful demonstration of the invention to a Patent Review Board. Meyer's cell seems to have many of the attributes of an electrolytic cell except that it functions at high voltage, low current rather than the other way around.
Construction is unremarkable.
The real differences occur in the power supply to the cell. This is excited by a high power pulse generator which, together with the cell capacitance and a rectifier diode, forms a charge pump circuit. High frequency pulses build a rising staircase Page 2 DC potential across the electrodes of the cell until a point is reached where the water breaks down and a momentary high current flows. A witness team of independent UK scientifc observers testified that US inventor, Stanley Meyer, successfully decomposed ordinary tap water into constituent elements through a combination of high, pulsed voltage using an average current measured only in miliamps. In contrast with normal high current electrolysis, the witnesses report the lack of any heating within the cell.