This is the controller for a fake "health" treatment offered by some spas where you place your feet in a bowl of water with an electrode in it, and it draws toxins out of your body via your feet, making the water turn brown in the process.
In reality the unit is passing current between two electrodes causing accelerated electrolytic corrosion and colouring the water with chromium, iron and nickel compounds.
I was expecting this to be very cheaply made with maybe just a microcontroller putting on a show with LEDs and perhaps just a simple resistor or current regulator.
I was wrong. It looks like some serious design has gone into this unit. That's actually quite common in quack products. The people designing them are often quite creative.
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16 thoughts on “Inside an ionic foot detox spa unit.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nadine Barsamian says:

    Mine just buzz and shuts off.

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars nick s says:

    The more expensive devices actually do work extremely effectively and are used in some clinics by doctors for autistic kids with incredible results non verbal to verbal major changes in behaviour so before you start saying ALL these devices are a scam maybe do more research and see how they work. I’m a health care therapist and it’s amazing to detox the whole body with.

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Wesley Carr says:

    instead of using the controller how about if you connected directly to the mains talk about detox

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Cindy Altenhoff says:

    Definatly entertaining lol

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pst Favour Ovie says:

    Thanks for your wonderful video Sir,
    So what do we do with it since we already own it?

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars toby20 kd19 says:

    WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE IMPUIRITIES IN H2O..
    CHLORINE. CHLORININE.. PLUS THE STUFF FROM HUMANS.. ETC.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Meditate & Relax With Sam says:

    Thanks Clive. This was so interesting! I once had this treatment and have to say, I felt incredible the next day. Possibly the placebo effect? I was in the market to buy another and I thought I'd research. your video has saved me ££ though am surprised at how well put together it was!

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars letthesun shinethru says:

    Clive, what happens when you don't add salt to the water? What if anything is produced? What does the "array" rods do on its own to the water?

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars outofthebox7 says:

    How could getting toxins from it benefit your feet?

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars outofthebox7 says:

    If I use it out of the water in a room will it do anithing?

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Martin S says:

    Could you re purpose it to make Hydrogen for car engines (all this water powered malarkey)

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars john oyler says:

    You need to put your feet in the water with it working

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars aussieaeromodeler says:

    wow look at that ………………….it's sucking all the toxins out of your ……………hang on ……your feet …they arent in the bowl…………..dare I say it's a scam ?

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars VaN DaNgo says:

    go back to sleep……💀

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eric Willis says:

    I work in an electroplating facility. We are NOT allowed to discharge chromium from our waste water treatment system into the city waste water system because it’s a toxic heavy metal. For god’s sake don’t use these things people. We treat it then filter it out and dry it,bag it in special bags that have to be properly labeled and picked up by a hazardous waste disposal crew on a regular basis. We can’t even keep them on site more than a month!!! I should point out we use hexavalent chromium which is different from chromium in stainless but high nickel concentrations are poisonous.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eric Willis says:

    You could take the junk off the end and put crocodile clips on the leads and use it to clean metal parts or electroplate them ⚡️⚡️⚡️😎

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