About 2 years ago, I played with generating Hydrogen with just plain water and electricity, made a few scummy bubbles that went BOOM! when lit, it was exciting, but the water would soon scum up and no longer generate gas.
A few weeks ago, the item on the right was a new test done in the coffee can in the background. I found surface space really effected the generation. I made some big bubbles this time (did not light them) and soon scummed up the water. I used the can as the positive and the disks and the Negative electrode on 12 volts, 2 amps. after dumping the water, i noticed all the nice shiny bits inside the can had been eaten away. Well that will not last long.
Cutting up some stainless plate (please don’t ask me the type of stainless used, as it was some throwaway at work). I used some bolts and washer setup (all stainless, thanks to Stein’s Ace Hardware) and a small amount of Plexiglas to separate the two electrodes, I overlapped the plats a close as i could get. setting this into a plastic nut container. this worked so much better, as best if on it’s side to allow the bubble’s to move up, pulling fresh water with it. I used the plastic cap that came with the container, sealed the top once the electrodes were through, filled the jar half way and set it on it’s side. I powered it up, and could not believe how much better this was, Plus I had a positive pressure coming out of the breather tube! Plus the water stayed clear! (for the most part, I’m weary of the “stainless” washers).
I used a double bubbler system to bubble out of a second container (this is what they do to hook up to a gas or diesel vehicle, using the vacuum system of the engine) I got some good secondary bubbles. but the question was: How Much am I generating? So I pulled the hose of the secondary bottle, that I could not get to flame off of a candle. And my mistake was to move it anywhere near that spark.
BOOM!
I never even got to see the flash, it was so quick. the cap exploded across the garage (never did find all the pieces, but i did find a small chunk in the front yard!) and the water shot out a good two feet out of the bottle. I’m not sure what the neighbors thought, as I’m positive a good radius herd it. after that, lets just say I was shaken enough to stop experiments for the day, and close up shop.
No, I’m not done playing. I’ve seen where people use additives to the water to help (electrolytes) generate Hydrogen. but I want to continue trying with pure water. I found a much thinner sheet of stainless to cut up. But just like the blog says: I’m overly distracted, and may find something else in the mean time.
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