Hi Charlie , I play with Joe cells and its a bit problem for us to , you can passivate the stainless if you want , I found the best way to get around this is rain water , I tried and tried with tap water to no avail , even then what we do is run it at high volt and to get 1 amp wait for the water to yellow then filter with 4 - 5 layers of paper towell , to passivate sand them with straight strokes , clean and dry then try 1 blow oxygen over them . or
seems to come as part of the deal . I only use glass NO plastic and I get film even from rain water.
the hydrogen dosn't want to break the surface tension at the best of times , as a test , try a complete clean and then whats above, Don't add any thing and see what happens.
changing the state of oxygen above one in ironization gives it more combustable energy than hydrogen and the ability to break the bond of water as well , it takes only 1 volt to do the amount of gas produced is less but
Try white vinegar, I tested all day sunday with the same electrolyte and no scum problem, used 1/4 c. per gallon. The plates that you have are of a lower grade of ss which is part of the problem. Check my crude video at bagrman.
I'm planning to use vinegar in a test series in the near future. Thanks for sharing your observation that the brown doesn't appear while using it. It will help me with conclusions I may come up with.
Thanks for the input! I've done some study on the side and from appearances, the brown may be a combination of FeO3 and Hexavalent Chromium. There's still much to learn here, and there's nothing like a crash course in chemistry to dull the wit and drive a man to the drink.
Hi Charlie , I play with Joe cells and its a bit problem for us to , you can passivate the stainless if you want , I found the best way to get around this is rain water , I tried and tried with tap water to no avail , even then what we do is run it at high volt and to get 1 amp wait for the water to yellow then filter with 4 - 5 layers of paper towell , to passivate sand them with straight strokes , clean and dry then try 1 blow oxygen over them . or
2 soak in phosphoric acid
that scum
robbosdog 2 years ago
seems to come as part of the deal . I only use glass NO plastic and I get film even from rain water.
the hydrogen dosn't want to break the surface tension at the best of times , as a test , try a complete clean and then whats above, Don't add any thing and see what happens.
changing the state of oxygen above one in ironization gives it more combustable energy than hydrogen and the ability to break the bond of water as well , it takes only 1 volt to do the amount of gas produced is less but
robbosdog 2 years ago
Hi
Try white vinegar, I tested all day sunday with the same electrolyte and no scum problem, used 1/4 c. per gallon. The plates that you have are of a lower grade of ss which is part of the problem. Check my crude video at bagrman.
bagrmanhd 3 years ago
I'm planning to use vinegar in a test series in the near future. Thanks for sharing your observation that the brown doesn't appear while using it. It will help me with conclusions I may come up with.
charlieehler 3 years ago
i use the same ss plates with tap water and a lye drain cleaner have no brown scum as of now
so it may be somthing else just a note to help
lostintimeBC 3 years ago
Thanks for the input! I've done some study on the side and from appearances, the brown may be a combination of FeO3 and Hexavalent Chromium. There's still much to learn here, and there's nothing like a crash course in chemistry to dull the wit and drive a man to the drink.
charlieehler 3 years ago