Hey Jim! I think indeed you have the same ideas and track as me.
As we know, Stan used Red leds.. I believe he took them to higher orbital shells in the atom to easily "pluck" off the electrons (as mentioned in the New Zealand video) from the
Oxygen atom (by then allowing them to flow to the light filament) in order to later cause the atomic condition. Once the hydrogen atom nears the oxygen atom (now missing electrons). It takes that one electron from the hydrogen atom. Causing an unstable state of the hydrogen atom to decay rapidly to explosion. I was trying to figure out what actual wavelengths of the leds would be good for this and found some information everyone should look at!
Basic explanation about how light (photons) effects atoms.https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/spectroscopy-101--how-absorption-and-emission-spectra-work Specific wavelengths for Oxygenhttps://www.physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Handbook/Tables/oxygentable2.htm The second link shows the wavelengths in which photons cause the electrons to move to outer shells! If you look at the second site (navigating to hydrogen) and compare the values to the ones in the first article. You will see it's closer to 656nm (for hydrogen) to move up to level 3. Now leds will output across a range so you wouldn't have to be super precise but having this knowledge. Less energy would be used if choosing the proper wavelength..
Reading this information.. I am curious as to why Stan didn't try to use violet (which moves the electron way further in the orbital shell, at least for hydrogen) .
NOTE.. The (Å) wavelengths are Equal to nm if you drop the last zero on the (Å) measurement. So... 434nm = 4340 (Å)
I currently lack resources to get a lot of this off the ground but I have been so enamored with it that I am researching so when the time comes I can complete it. I have spend lots of time off and on for years looking at old inventions and researching energy. Some are hoaxs, some are not economical or lack efficiency or simply lack information to recreate.. But Stanley was the REAL DEAL. and once you understand the concepts it's not impossible to create. I'll be posting when I can in hopes to help others and learn more. Thanks for reading!