[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I would hope this test used completely pure water.
Even one grain of salt in a gallon of water will change it from an insulator into a conductor!

[bert]

My thought exactly. There have some ions in there to be attracted and move.

Pure distilled water probably would not do it.

[bert]

One more thought

Regarding your tag line.

It is very worthwhile to note that while San Jainto was a great victory, Santa Anna was defeated for ever by General Winfield Scott in Mexico City. The combined arms invasion of the Yucatan and campaign overland involving the US Army, Navy and Marines is remembered today as “From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli”

If history is a guide, the capital must be captured and the corrupt government disposed.