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noobtard
05-10-2010, 03:38 AM
Hey, total noob here..
Yeah, it's a Wet cell(I KNOW...:()
Anyways, the setup...:
http://home.comcast.net/~ogrex/setup.jpg

its running on 160dc~volts rectified 120v AC + 300v, 5800mfd capacitor..

plates like so:..
http://home.comcast.net/~ogrex/tape3.jpg

+ 22 neutrals - x 3 in series...
the plates are only 4"x11/16"...
KOH electrolyte.

The cells were are only producing on 3-4 plates on either side.
drawing around 4amp total cold,so I tried wrapping the plates in electrical tape...

http://home.comcast.net/~ogrex/tape.jpg
this dropped the amps to about 0.82..
it definitely increased efficiency..(I think?)

maybe 4-5 plates in each cell actually "producing"...

I think I'm just going to tear these apart... I was having Much more "luck" with just 6 plate cells running off of 12v computer PSU's......

Any Ideas/thoughts/opinions/flames/spam would be much welcomed.

I'm quite drunk atm, been wanting to post though... let me know if you need more data/#'s etc.. after I sleep this one off... lol?..