(05-19-2020, 04:54 PM)Downriggerer Wrote: You know what Bob, that's embarassing. I'm embarassed that you think you can do physics without math. You said you need math to define the relationships but you fully understand those relationships without the math. You want to "control the ions" with .6V But, you have no idea what the effect is because you can't do or understand the math. You can't just shoot .6V into the water and start controlling the ions. You have no idea how any of this works, or allegedly works. That's why you are stuck on the prinicple because you can't see the numbers behind what you are saying. You can't even do Ohm's law with the information you know. Nor do you know the resistance of stainless steel wire. Nor do you know or understand the permittivity of water using a stainless steel braided line as a transmission line. These are fundamental issues that you just gloss over for "principle." There is a lot of math you have to know to do any of what you are proposing. . . . . ad infinitum
Yeah, what the heck was I thinking. My 40 plus years working in electronics with 20 of those years as an electronics engineer modifying, testing, evaluating, and programming long range radar systems after getting a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering (BSEE) is just meaningless when it comes to your far superior electronic knowledge with regard to the super complex downrigger technology. I am obviously out gunned in this discussion and should have bowed out of the discussion several posts above. My most humble apologies to the OP and any others following this thread for daring to go head to head with a far superior intellect than I. All hail the undisputed god of electronic downriggers; His Royal Highness Downriggerer. I should probably get my order in today to Hodges Marine for 4 replacement Scotty 1106s before the rush. I should probably get my 4 Cannons on Craig's List somewhere in the Midwest because it will be impossible to sell them on KSL since we've all been enlightened and shown the error of or ways for daring to use an inferior product on our boats. Tight lines everybody. Get those Scotty's ordered soon - before the massive rush that is sure to come.