Tur,
thank you for the nice videos and also for all the testing you do.

My theorie about the high voltage usage is that it does not work alone.
As Meyer has hidden in his texts, you should use a pulse of normal low voltage with current, followed by the high voltage pulse.
So, first low voltage with some current, till the first bubble show, and then hit the cell with high voltage.
But be carefull, that you do not create a spark....otherwise: boom!