Anyone Ever heard of Electrolysis ???

[davbell22602]

ok, I got plenty of rusty rebar laying around.

 

[davbell22602]

Let me see If I got instructions right when doing a intake.

1. find plastic 55 gallon tank
2. fill it with 35 gallons of water
3. put tablespoon for every gallon
4. put the metal rebar and hook up the 10 amp battery charger.

Can the water be creek water? The creek water at my junkyard is drinkable.

 

[Irishman999]

You should go back and carefully read this whole thread, this can be dangerous if done wrong. I'm beginning to believe we need a legal disclaimer on this thread: "If you blow yourself up trying this, it's your own ass!"

Yea dude, if all that hydrogen builds up in the garage and ignites it will level your house.

 

[davbell22602]

Yea dude, if all that hydrogen builds up in the garage and ignites it will level your house.

I'm gonna do this outside.

 

[crazy4offroad]

Let me see If I got instructions right when doing a intake.

1. find plastic 55 gallon tank
2. fill it with 35 gallons of water
3. put tablespoon for every gallon
4. put the metal rebar and hook up the 10 amp battery charger.

Can the water be creek water? The creek water at my junkyard is drinkable.

The specifics of the tank size doesn't really matter, as long as it is deep enough to completely submerge the intake. The baking soda is the catalyst, since regular water doesn't conduct electricity very well. You can use either baking soda or rock salt, the measurement doesn't have to be precise. Too little will not produce as good of a reaction though, and too much is just a waste. Also you can have more than 1 piece of rebar in the tank, with a wire jumping over to each of them, tying them all together to one side of the charger. This will help in getting more charge distributed through the tank around the part you're cleaning. The other wire from the charger of course connects to the intake, which is why you want it to just be barely submerged so when you clip it on the clip is in the water and not the wire. Copper corrodes pretty quickly in this process so it's best to keep the wires out of the mix.

 

[davbell22602]

The specifics of the tank size doesn't really matter, as long as it is deep enough to completely submerge the intake. The baking soda is the catalyst, since regular water doesn't conduct electricity very well. You can use either baking soda or rock salt, the measurement doesn't have to be precise. Too little will not produce as good of a reaction though, and too much is just a waste. Also you can have more than 1 piece of rebar in the tank, with a wire jumping over to each of them, tying them all together to one side of the charger. This will help in getting more charge distributed through the tank around the part you're cleaning. The other wire from the charger of course connects to the intake, which is why you want it to just be barely submerged so when you clip it on the clip is in the water and not the wire. Copper corrodes pretty quickly in this process so it's best to keep the wires out of the mix.

So you clip one of battery charger clamps on the rebar and the battery charger clamp on to the intake. You just put enough water to cover the intake.

 

[crazy4offroad]

Yep, and make sure you use a plastic trash can/water tank. Seawater is a good conductor of electricity, and its salinity is approximately a pound of salt per 5 gallons, if that helps any. Not sure of the measurements for baking soda, HRPC's recommendation may be just what it takes.

 

[davbell22602]

Yep, and make sure you use a plastic trash can/water tank. Seawater is a good conductor of electricity, and its salinity is approximately a pound of salt per 5 gallons, if that helps any. Not sure of the measurements for baking soda, HRPC's recommendation may be just what it takes.

gotcha. I dont think my creek water is salty.

 

[HotRodPC]

I'm gonna do this outside.

I say do it inside that house Dave. Lock up all the windows real tight. Now you go home to whereever you live, and let it run all night. Hell, let it run for 3 days. I bet when you come back over, EVERYTHING will be cleaned up. At least scattered around in enough peices there won't be anything to clean up.

 

[HotRodPC]

Yes, you can use your creek water. And I had also read not long ago, copper doesn't make the best electrode. It will work, but the stuff turns blue to quick and actually funks up your project. So don't use copper as your electrode. I beleive I remember seeing a guy saying Stainless Steel is best for electrode, but you can use just about anything except alluminum for sure, and copper is not reccomended but will work.

 

[Manbearpig]

Copper kept gunking up on me

 

[oneluckypops]

Yes, you can use your creek water. And I had also read not long ago, copper doesn't make the best electrode. It will work, but the stuff turns blue to quick and actually funks up your project. So don't use copper as your electrode. I beleive I remember seeing a guy saying Stainless Steel is best for electrode, but you can use just about anything except alluminum for sure, and copper is not reccomended but will work.

Yes and No Hotrod
Stainless steel is the BEST to use but it is ALSO ILLEGAL to use.

You can take a barrel and cut both ends out of it as your grounding source. Then you are actually pulling a complete circuit anywhere where the barrel is

 

[HotRodPC]

So you clip one of battery charger clamps on the rebar and the battery charger clamp on to the intake. You just put enough water to cover the intake.

Positive to your piece of electrode, in this case, being the rebar, then negative to your project to be cleaned.

 

[HotRodPC]

Yes and No Hotrod
Stainless steel is the BEST to use but it is ALSO ILLEGAL to use.

You can take a barrel and cut both ends out of it as your grounding source. Then you are actually pulling a complete circuit anywhere where the barrel is

HUH?? WTF?? I never heard Stainless is illegal? WTF for?

 

[Irishman999]

Yes and No Hotrod
Stainless steel is the BEST to use but it is ALSO ILLEGAL to use.

You can take a barrel and cut both ends out of it as your grounding source. Then you are actually pulling a complete circuit anywhere where the barrel is

Why is using stainless illegal?