Dirty water

[Dediyz]

Hello,

I have a problem with dry cell HHO.
After about 5 hours of doing the electrolyze process in distilled water,
The water become dirty with brown color (like rust).

I have been told to put some sodium instead of baking soda in the water.
The AMP is very good now, but the water still gets dirty.

I use stainless 316 plates in my dry cell.

Please tell me, how can I prevent the water from getting dirty and stay clean?

[Painless]

There are two main causes of the brown stuff:

1 - when plates are new, they may leach out ferrites into the solution, this will be like little dark grains of sand.

2 - Too much heat in your cell caused by too high a plate voltage. KOH and NaOH will both turn brown from this.

Do not put any sodium in your cell on its own!

Russ.

[coffeeachiever]

Electrolysis of salt produces chlorine gas.
Baking soda is not a good electrolyte. You can get sodium chloride ( make sure it's just sodium chloride) in the form of drain cleaner. The two brands I use are Roebic and Instant Power. Instant Power is 78% NaOH, 2% KOH and 20% water. Stick with one of those unless a better electrolyte is discovered.