Hi! i don't have my amp meter yet to see what i'm drawing current wise , i have 30/ 40 amp relay 30 amp fuse ignition switch , isome days i can drive to a few jobs , without blowing fuse and now it seems to blow quicker maybe the heat causing more amp draw, i have diluted my cell mix and it still does it., not sure what the problem is and until i get a amp meter i spitting in the wind, my multimeter is only good to 10amps, Anybody got a magic bullet??
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What size wire are you using? What type of connections are being made at the fuse? Poor connections can cause high current conditions, so can using wire that is too small. If those are not the problem, then dilute your electrolyte solution more.Originally Posted by Atechguy
Hi! i don't have my amp meter yet to see what i'm drawing current wise , i have 30/ 40 amp relay 30 amp fuse ignition switch , isome days i can drive to a few jobs , without blowing fuse and now it seems to blow quicker maybe the heat causing more amp draw, i have diluted my cell mix and it still does it., not sure what the problem is and until i get a amp meter i spitting in the wind, my multimeter is only good to 10amps, Anybody got a magic bullet??
2006 Ram, 5.9 cummins HO. 4 cell design, 1.5 LPM@30amp, 24.3 MPG
I am using # 8 gauge ,my connections are excellent , i have a cell from March-Labs i believe it has 50 small plates with no neutrals .Its sold on ebay quality product.
Okay drained cell put distilled water in and touch of pure citric acid , and will see if i had to much citric in my cell.
Try disconnecting your cell and check for shorts between plates. What is thickness of your plates? If they are very thin they may be warping and shorting out when they heat up.
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Using #8 wire, 30 Amp possible fuse/breaker, and 50 plates set positive next to negative, in repitition (no neutrals to cool the process) is a recepie for dissaster.
In am getting it under control with this system i barely need any NaOH in my GEN.i finally diluted enough than when i firist start up it is around 5 amps and it is producing pretty good bubbles, as things warm up i hope to keep it under 20 amps. I also have directed some air on to my sell to help cool it.
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I had the same problem yesterday.
Un fortunately I had a melt down. I kept blowing 30 amp fuses also but, I was only drawing consitantly 11 amps. After a few fuses and my @8 ground wire was smoking. I pulled it, Then shut it down. Then I used jumper cables. I ran it for 10 minutes to see what would be going on. So I was testing voltage and amps. I have a 18 plate generator. Also I use a gallon of distilled water with a teasspoon and a half of KHO. It began dripping out one of the studs. Volts was 10.5v. I can't figure it out. It was producing serious hho, the water or bottle wasn't hot either. Other than the ground smoking after I put a direct current to it. It sounds the same situation as Atechguy. Ant other thoughts? This is a brand new system bought from ebay.
Mummy the cell! Saran Wrap, motorcycle inner tube, whatever, just mummy the cell. And then tie the mummy with rubber bands, zip ties, you get the idea? You've got too much current leaking away, and running all over the place heating things up unnecessarily and wasting amps too.
Dude! You had a short. Somewhere, you had a direct, or almost direct connection between your positive and negative battery leads.
You gotta find that short!
Also, if you can post some good, close-up photos, it's easier for us to see wtf is right or wrong. Maybe you got a shitty cell? Maybe not. Maybe you wired it wrong? Maybe not. When water dripped out of one of the studs, did it drip to the other power carrying stud? Was there a tiny little river connecting those two power carrying studs? If so, that was probably your short. But it's hard as f#ck sometimes to tell without a photo, ya know?
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