Electrolysis Question, for F-I-T or anyone else wh

If you're conerned between uses, just hook up an extra electrode as a part to be cleaned, and keep the charger going. At 60 watts/hour. That's probably under $3.00 a month to keep it from freezing.

BTW, the absolute small amount of hydrogen that is given off is pretty much about an 1/8 of that given off while charging a battery. A little air circulation, and it would just blow away. I've intentially sent grinder sparks into my bath and finally after many tries, got the foam to go "pop". Not at all impressive. Sounded like a mouse trap snapping.

Also, you can float a half filled 2 liter bottle in it and if it freezes, the bottle will crush so the tank doesn't crack.

Frank

I have not experimented to determine the freezing point of either a dilute Washing Soda solution or a dilute lye solution. That said, if you have a 12 volt charger running 5 amps, you'll get some heat in the mix (depending on efficiency) comparable to a 60 watt light bulb. Even when it hit 15* here in N.Florida, I never had it freeze.

I can't say what temperature you will be safe to. I'd sure like to know myself, so if anyone out there in the great white north can fill in the data, I'll include it in my website info.

Frank

I also have sen this process strip paint off of the metal really nicely to.

The electrolytic fluid isn't considered hazardous, and would be safe to go down the drain or even into your septic tank. However, the flakes and gums of the lead-based paint you remove should be disposed of the same way you dispose of your sanding dust and paint remover residue. I pour my old electrolyte through a cloth, then it goes out in the grass, as the lawn always to like some more liming.

I've been cooking parts for a couple of years now, and I tried to collect the sediment, and then dry it to store in a coffee can, and after all that time, I don't have 3 or 4 ounces of stuff, and most of it is pieces of paint.

Frank