Grasack
02-11-2010, 04:28 AM
I have a 13 plate setup (8"x8" 304 S\steel)with solid centre plate (+) and outside plates (-)
I have recently been having a problem with foaming and the water level only covering about 1 to 2 inches at the most. I had been adding a bit more demineralized water with some KOH trying to get my amps up to around 25 to 30
I neglected to do anything about it, as we all know, and then last Tuesday I decided to check it out completely expecting to have a full pull down and rebuild
However firstly I thought i would try to empty the cell and flush it out with demin. water
I had approx 600 ml of KOH solution come out of the cell and I put in approx 1.2 litres of demin. water only. Next I decided that I would run the cell with the water only, just to see what would happen. To my amazement the cell went back into full operation at around 18 amps and producing nearly 1.4 lpm. The water level only dropped about 1" from the top
It has been going like this for the last couple of days without a hitch. So why did this happen ??? I would have expected the cell to produce very little hho but it was the exact opposite.
Has the KOH some how been able to bind to the plates and create the electrolysis or am I missing something?? Any ideas would be appreciated
I have recently been having a problem with foaming and the water level only covering about 1 to 2 inches at the most. I had been adding a bit more demineralized water with some KOH trying to get my amps up to around 25 to 30
I neglected to do anything about it, as we all know, and then last Tuesday I decided to check it out completely expecting to have a full pull down and rebuild
However firstly I thought i would try to empty the cell and flush it out with demin. water
I had approx 600 ml of KOH solution come out of the cell and I put in approx 1.2 litres of demin. water only. Next I decided that I would run the cell with the water only, just to see what would happen. To my amazement the cell went back into full operation at around 18 amps and producing nearly 1.4 lpm. The water level only dropped about 1" from the top
It has been going like this for the last couple of days without a hitch. So why did this happen ??? I would have expected the cell to produce very little hho but it was the exact opposite.
Has the KOH some how been able to bind to the plates and create the electrolysis or am I missing something?? Any ideas would be appreciated