No generator knows anything about the water that's not between the
electrodes.
The main thing is to get all of the water to take turns between the
electrodes.
There are some 'time' related effects that should be addressed when
running larger batches, that being mostly electrode crud
buildup. Basically, towards the end of the batch, wipe the electrodes off
whenever they get looking crusty. [Every half hour or hour?..whatever ]
The old generators that were made to fit a 250 ml beaker can be used on
bigger jars. Fat and squat is best when using thermal stirring. I used a
64 oz pickle jar for a long time. It was short enough that thermal
stirring did well.
I've made some jar adapters for those oldies so wide mouth jars can be
used. [If you get one, say what it's for so you'll get the right one ]
Using an upside down funnel as a chimney really shoots that water current
to the top nicely...not good enough for gallon jars, though a taller/fatter
funnel should do that fine as well, but quite well on quarts and shorter.
One problem with that has cropped up on rare occasions and has to do with
iffy water along with temperature gain in the funnel body. [120+ Deg gets
you yellow, Under 100, generally not. 110...maybe. ] That's easily cured by
using a lower wattage heat source to match the inflow to the outflow better
for a given funnel size. Of course, using different water can help too.
BTW A very simple way to induce thermal stir currents in a container is to
place a desk lamp close to one side of a container so one side will be
warmer than the other side. If you paint that side black??? [It gets
warmer easier ] Distance determines temperature gain over heat loss from
the cooler side. Balance it. [Lean an ice pack onto the other side? ]
Following that line: If you are using a solar panel to run a generator, why
not paint the bottom of the jar black, or a vertical strip on the sunny
side of it...width or exposure angle determining temperature gain, and let
the sun do the stirring?
[Yes, you can run in the sun if you don't use salt or any other chemical
"starter" ]
Ode
At 10:57 AM 8/30/2006 -0400, you wrote:
I was going to upgrade to the one that makes more cs at a time, but
decided not to tamper with what ain't broke.
Jen
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