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  • forexbob
    Truly XSive
    • Aug 2010
    • 109
    • Calgary
    #1

    electrolysis

    So I'm trying to electrocute some bolts, battery box and I'm sure some other things that will piss me off along the way. My research shows that the batter charger to be used should be a manual machine instead of automatic. Guess what. Yup, you guessed it.

    Is there an option or a way around the the fact that my automatic charger doesn't work? (Without having to buy a new one)

    I read some where, damned if I can find it now, that the charger could be connected to a battery and the battery connected to the anode and cathode of the electrolysis set up.

    Thoughts?

    Thanks
    Bob
    1979 XS1100F
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    • forexbob
      Truly XSive
      • Aug 2010
      • 109
      • Calgary
      #2
      and another thing.....

      I'm using a piece of rebar as the electrode. Can the electrode be too big?
      1979 XS1100F

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        • jwhughes3
          XS-XJ Guru
          • Sep 2009
          • 2798
          • Home of the Alamo
          #3
          rebar

          I think the surface area is what matters, not the actual size - more surface area is better.

          John
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            • natemoen
              Master of XSology
              • May 2010
              • 8640
              • Fargo
              #4
              The rebar is to small. There really isn't enough surface area there, you need a sheet of metal.

              I think someone did put a battery in line somewhere to trick the charger. Don't know how thoigh.
              Nathan
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                • CaptonZap
                  XS-XJ Guru
                  • Jun 2010
                  • 1748
                  • Denver
                  #5
                  [QUOTE
                  Is there an option or a way around the the fact that my automatic charger doesn't work? (Without having to buy a new one)

                  I read some where, damned if I can find it now, that the charger could be connected to a battery and the battery connected to the anode and cathode of the electrolysis set up.

                  Thoughts?

                  Thanks
                  Bob[/QUOTE]

                  Yep, the wonders of technology. The modern chargers have chips in them that sense the condition of the battery, and if the voltage is too low, the charger won't turn on, and burn itself up trying to charge a shorted cell.
                  So take a good battery, from the garden tractor, the motor scooter, the wave runner, anything that is twelve volts, and hook the charger to it. You can even use the car battery, with jumper cables. Does the charger come on, great. Now hook some wires to your work piece, and if there is an indicator of how many amps the charger is putting out, the difference between the number it read before you hooked the work up and what it reads after you hook the work up is how many amps you are putting through the work.
                  Adjust your solution ph accordingly. CZ

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