I have not yet tried KOH. Once I get all the kinks worked out of this, there is no reason I couldn't run several simultaneous electrolytic cells (recording data from all).
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you tryed potassium hydroxide, the Blacklight Electrolyte? > > Axil. > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I shot a little video of my latest experiment with borax. It is >> controlled with an Android phone, IOIO microcontroller, and relay bank. I >> am switching back and forth between AC and DC current supplies. Pardon the >> mess of wires as I am early in the process. It is interesting how the >> electrolyte turns a copper brown color. That was after running 1 1/2 days >> on DC current at 5 to 13 watts. I'm using the same 8 nickels on the >> thoriated tungsten rod as a cathode and 4 stainless steel washers as the >> anode. There is more heating and almost no bubbles on AC. I'm not sure >> what brown color is about. I've seen this repeatedly. >> >> What I'm interested to try is to see the max temperature achieved by AC >> alone, then DC alone, and then AC and DC alternating for different periods >> of time. >> >> http://youtu.be/sH90M85S2mE >> >> Regards, >> Jack >> > >
