Well, I finally put some of my theories to the test. The potential I thought was necessary would only come in to play with perfect theoretical water. If we are dealing with natural water, we have plenty of ionic compounds dissolved in it. So, with the addition of ionic compounds naturally found in water, oh- and oh3+ ions are not hard to come by. If we move these ions back an forth we will create heat. With this understanding I simply thought that with a high voltage high frequency ac supply I could boil water. Stans circuit was a little different but i believe its based on the same concepts.
Today I placed a cell inline with the output of my new tesla coil. Nothing Happened! I had over 100kv at over 200khz applied( I think)
For the last few months I have had a problem with every test I have ever done with Stan's theorys. I believe the cell is acting as a resistors and not a capacitor in any significant way. because of this, the cell doesn't have a positive and a negative side but is either completely positive or negative at any instant in time. With this idea, I think we are just moving a very small amount of current through the cell without effecting the entire dielectric. That being said, I have measured from 300 to 1000 volts with different vic's. I believe what I saw was voltage from the inductors. The only indication I have ever had of the cell acting as a capacitor is a resonance effect between the L1 inductor and the cell and an experiment where I pumped water through the cell which caused the voltage I measured to be significantly lower than when the pump was off.
Sorry for jumping around I hope I was clear. I just wanted to post my experience and see if anyone had any thoughts. I will start a new topic on water capacitors