#3 HHO Foaming Sucks!!

I am getting a huge amount of foam in my mini dry cell. Even with low concentration of KOH, running at 1.2amps, still foam!! My two questions to anyone experimenting with hho are:
1. Has anyone found an answer other than disassembly and cleaning?
2. What is this foam made of and why does it produce at certain times?

Hopefully someone out there can help. Please comment, even if you have an educated guess.
Stay safe.

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[skipperlefl]

i just tought of the following: why not use the foam and burn it (will not be working with a torgue but maybe you can burn it on a hot surface ?!

[hhoball]

@skipperlefl Next time i get foam i am going to ignite it and see what kind of heat i get from it.

[hhoball]

Lots of good ideas. Thank you to everyone. I tried acetone and it works for a day. Then i changed gaskets and that has worked so far. I have also added an inlet and outlet port on both sides of the mini drycell and I am amazed at how it keeps the cell flooded at all times. I havent seen a downside to it yet. I will post a video soon to show the changes. Thanks again to everyone.

[caboflyguy]

Not so fast. The foam is caused from the heat.Water starts to steam at approx. 140 F. We are able to run our drycells at 22-24 amps hours on end at a constant 110-115 degrees with less than a 2 oz of water after 6 hrs! You must rig up a mini radiator and install a 12 volt fan (from computer) to cool it. Problem though is finding a radiator, or heater core, or transmission cooler that isn't made of aluminum or copper which basically disolves in KOH. I am HHO Builder and installer ready to share.

[hhoball]

I will be getting a pump and rad in the near future. I agree its a good idea.

[jdcmusicman]

Whats your gap measurement ? sometimes when going under 1/16" it will make foam that way to..

[hhoball]

the gap is 1/16"

[MrPhillerup]

You can try using a pot scouring pad as the filter on the exhaust port or the top of the cylinder they wrk great.

[jayhawkhho]

Try using spa anti foam in your electrolyte you can pick at any home center I use 1/8 of a teaspoon no more foam and does not seem to effect production of gas .

[Tohmahak12]

I had that foam problem too... the foam come from using KOH or NaOH. The problem is if you cell and or gaskets haves traces of any kind of organic compond (oil, fingerprint, etc) when in contact with those caustic stuffs turns immediatly to soap. So when you start the electrolysis it produce tiny bubble of oxygen and Hydrogen, as you all probably know...! Guess what happens when Oxygen strike with soap? A bubble bath my friend!! But I didnt figure this out alone, my friend chemist did!

[NOBOX7]

floating baby oil on the top of your bath

protects your electrode terminals and

mitigates foaming. your main problem

is koh a pump would help copper auto heater cores are naho safe but dont use

aluminum. cooling also reduces foam

cores

[NOBOX7]

use sodium hydrxide also pasing bubbles threw a screen or the spong like air conditioner filters converts them to big bubble also passing it threw a very small hole at the cell exaughst might help pop the micro bubble and i think when the fliud level becomes not low but displaced by gas in the cell it is prone to micro bubbling also if the electrode array is not entirly submersed the serfice tension may induce micro bubbles check out NOBOX7 videos one shows drain cleaner naho ...

[flipster12000]

I agree.

[pgpeachess]

i noticed that when i added some engine coolant to the reservoir, the foam was gone. i am still experimenting...

[advancedhydrogen]

use epdm gaskets and KOH they work great together! do not waste your time with white vinigar or baking soda.. also the smaller the gap between plates the more foam you will get. but MMW drops.. scott