[SEL] Electrolysis

[Bill Dickerson]

2) How long does the solution last?  

How long do you need it to last? All summer.............

3) What disposal methods are used for spent solution? 

Dump it on the lawn, I do. Watch for iron hating plants, however. Blue
spruce might love it.

4) Can the solution be topped up with more Soda or is it a one-shot process?

I've never needed to, but suspect one could. Just add more water, a bit more
washing soda when it doesn't feel "soapy".

I know, maybe that was just too technical...........

Bill
www.antique-engines.com
(the old compuserve address SHOULD be gone - I insisted they remove it, and
they are a pain in the A$$ to deal with. I quit paying last winter and they
wouldn't take the site down. The electrolysis pages on compuslurve are OLD,
not current)

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Peter A Forbes
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 2:20 PM
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Cc: stationary-engine at oldengine.org
Subject: [SEL] Electrolysis


We have acquired a decent low-voltage 300A DC supply, originally built by us
for our PCB manufacturing factory but they are closing down so we nabbed it
:-))

Reading various articles (including Bill Dickerson's) on the subject of
electrolysis, I have a few questions:-

1) How does the current requirement change with surface area of the part
being cleaned? Linearly? Logarithmically?

2) How long does the solution last?  

3) What disposal methods are used for spent solution? 

4) Can the solution be topped up with more Soda or is it a one-shot process?

Tanks are not a problem, we have a number of plastic plating tanks being
disposed of, so I should be able to nab one of them. We disposed of over
300kg of pure copper plating anodes today.....

So, we have power, we have a tank and we can get solution, we just need some
feedback from existing users to answer a few questions.

Thanks,

Peter
--
Peter & Rita Forbes
Email Address:
diesel at easynet.co.uk
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