Hydroxy gas is made on the edges only ?????

[Bob]

Another Myth is that Hydroxy gas is produced on the edges of the plates only
or just better than on the flat of the plate...
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I was wondering about this myth myself if it was true or not and I'm happy to say it is a MYTH
because I tested for it and the results were negitive...
what i did was took a 12" tall 4 tube tube cell that I had working and giveing me only 1/4 LPM
( not much output but it was giving me output!) I then took 2 of the 4 tubes out and drilled hundreds of holes in them adding to the edges by aproximately 3 times that which it had before....
I re assembled and tested it and I got 1/4LPM again...possably a bit less but my measurement was not accurate enough to tell by how much less...
 it was enough to tell me that holes don't help.... so screen won't help eather, nore will preferated plates...
I have observed that plates generate bubbles over the entire surface on both the negitive and positive plates... the only time you won't get production on one side of a plate is when its on the outside
which leads some people to the conclusion that ALL the plates are like that , and thats simply not the case...
as close as I can tell the plates generate the same top to bottom with no noticable diference, however that may or may not be true in every case as plate resistance will no doubt have some effect on the production... so if you had 5 12' long plates and fed them at one end you may well see more production at the feeding end than at the far end.... but for Our normal sized cells I doubt its enough to be concerned with !
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Bob...

[hydrotinkerer]

If it were true that hydroxy is only made on the edges of the plates then the dry cells would not work at all.

[Bob]

Ahhh very good proof ! thank you !
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Bob...

[LTCFISHER]

Hello, everyone;

I thought I would drop in and see what is what in the news.

Good test Bob, on your test cell did you try to offset the holes to plate relation to see if there was any change. Like a perforated plate between two solid plates or vise versa. On a tube type perforated, you could not see through the cell, each hole having a solid wall opposite.

[Bob]

Well at first I drilled holes very carefully and as the day wore on my accuracy got less and less <GRIN>
   I think its easiest to say the holes are RANDOM ...
so in some places they line up real good and in other places their not lined up at all....
but sense I had the same output on each test I thought that there was nothing to the edges idea or to the preferated plates theory, which you on the other hand have had extreamily good luck with if I recall correctly  Am I right ?
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I personally have not proven or disproven anything about the preferated plates idea... but I am leaning toward what I have learned and that says there is no diference between pereferated plates or solid plates as a plate meterial... however they may have a big advantage when trying to Cool down the cell...  but as far as out put diference I havn't seen any in my experiments!
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Bob........

[Hydrotech]

Hey Bob,  Hydrotech here  you are absolutely correct about being a myth ,  guys see the bubbles coming off the edge and think it all comes from the edge.  The entire piece of stainless either flat or round , tube , square etc  produces hydroxy.  Most cases you can't see down inside and the bubbles rise to the edge and they see that and think the edge produces all the hydroxy .  If this were the case a stainless steel shower curtain ring would do the trick but its not the case.  The entire element produces hydroxy.  Hydrotech

[Bob]

Yup,Yup thank ya Hydrotech !
if edges were the only thing that produced hydroxy gas then a tube cell would be a super poor producer ...and their not by any means, infact they are one of the best producers out there
... ya just can't find plans for them ! HAHAHAH
Bob......