TimCollins
10-10-2011, 11:00 PM
I found some time to workbench test run my generator for the first time today. I only ran it for about 15 minutes outside just to be safe... It went well for what little I did and I have a couple of quick questions. My KOH concentration is precisely 10%. When I measured the voltage between several of the plates I got about 1.9V so I think the neutral cell configuration is good. I dont have an ammeter so I cant measure the amps being pulled yet. My end plates are clear acrylic so I can see a little bit of what is going on inside the outermost cell. My question is this: I did not see any bubbling or foaming occurring within the outermost cell. Should I see bubbling, or will that not occur where I can see because the side of the plate I am looking at is facing a nonconductive end plate (the acrylic)? I have my gas vent holes near the top corners of each plate. What I did observe was the electrolyte level slowly rose filling the cell almost completely as HHO was being generated. However, once the electrolyte reached the air vent holes I got worried and that’s when I stopped testing. I was worried that if the air vent holes submerge in a dry cell that might cause the cells to blow gaskets or explode if the pressure rose?
Should I just reduce the volume of electrolyte to account for this anticipated rise?
Should I just reduce the volume of electrolyte to account for this anticipated rise?