Why Does 1 Table Spoon Of Lye Blow 25 Amp Fuses Instantly- Powertube Design. Baking Soda Goes About 15 Miles. No Pwm Yet. Lye Is 2 Years Old. Frustrated Near Seattle (big Time)
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Why Does 1 Table Spoon Of Lye Blow 25 Amp Fuses Instantly- Powertube Design. Baking Soda Goes About 15 Miles. No Pwm Yet. Lye Is 2 Years Old. Frustrated Near Seattle (big Time)
because u dont need nearly as much lye for ur solution as u would baking soda... it draws the same amperage with much less of it and it runs cooler and cleaner since it has less oxygen (whereas baking soda is 6 oxygens for every sodium) to form ferris oxide (rust)... just add a bunch of distilled water to offset and dilute ur solution... one tablespoon of lye is way more than neededOriginally Posted by precaster1@msn.com
I'm using a little over 1/8th teaspoon in a quart of water. That is 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. (Notice teaspoon, not tablespoon...) I need to bump it up a little bit because my cell is running cool, meaning I can increase HHO production by merely adding a little lye.
It's best to work up gradually. The downside to too much lye is boiling your generator and getting the lye/water mix in the motor. Not good.
A lot of the concentration issue is the type of cell you have. You definitely need to back off a lot!
Thanks guys, I'm off and runnin now.
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Lye will not boil off with the water. It will sit in the container, but the water will travel.
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