Hi Jetijs,
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Originally Posted by Jetijs
what do you mean with conditioning plates? Just hook a Bedini device on and let it run?
BTW, thank you for the answers, it is clear to me now  |
There are two type of conditioning:
- High voltage spike pulse (Bedini, Stan Meyer, Dave Lawton, Ravi and so on uses this method for pulse driven electrolyser)
- Low voltage and low current (Bob Boyce uses for series cell)
For first method, white coating appears on electrode after sometime of conditioning process. Once the electrode plate fully covered with white coatings, gas generation increase.
For second method, anode plate turned into brown goldish in colour.
Both methods need to change electrolyte periodically to help conditioning process. But we cannot swap the methods. Example, brute force is for series cell. If use brute force for pulse conditioned plates, the white coating get disappeared. If use pulse driven method for series cell, will not generate enough gas.
For series cell conditioning, use less strength (< 10% KOH) electrolyte (< 3A) to condioned the plate for 3 days. Pour out the electrolyte and fill up with new batch of electrolyte. Again power on for another 3 days and the process repeats until you see the colour of electrolyte unchanged or minimal changes.
First batch electrolyte will be very dark in colour and becomes lighter and lighter in colour on subsequent batches.
I'm using 304L plates for my electrolyser and the electrolyte colour remain unchanged after extensive abuse with longer run with higher amps (up to 30A).