Hi Jetijs,
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Originally Posted by Jetijs
Today I payed around some more. Did some more flash back explosions and eventually my poor man's bubbler design cracked on the bottom side. That is because the plumbing plastic is not flexible enough.
I also attached the HHO torch to the electrolyzer, but I was surprised to see that the flame is almost 2x smaller than with my previous design. That is weird, because this design should be superior to that I had before. My first electrolyzer had also some neutral plates, the current design does not. Previous design ran on 27V 20A, this one runs on 12V 20A. If I press off the torch tip with my thumb and let the pressure to build up for a while an then ignite the hho, I get a large beautiful flame for some seconds, but then as the pressure goes down, the flame becomes shorter. What could be the problem?  |
Previous design uses 27V x 20A = 540W while current design uses 12V x 20A = 240W (less than half of power consumption compared to previous design). By right your cell should produce same amount of gas production on both design because amps are same.
Are you sure there is no gas leakage at cell or bubbler? To do this just submerge the whole cell into bucket of water. Turn on the power and close the gas outlet. Wait till some gas pressure builds up inside enclosed cell and see if any gas leakage happens or not. If there is then try to fix it by tightening the clamping nut. Do the same with bubbler submerge into water bucket.
Did you use the old electrolyte (conditioning electrolyte) or prepare new batch for operation? Must use new batch for operation.
Touch the power connection point (electrode and power cable). If any heat generated, then you are losing power as heat. Heat power consider a loss and never put for real use. Use bigger wire and connection point. I use 10mm wire for my cell. The wire can withstand 46A max.
Most important, can you measure gas output (LPM). Just curious to know. For 20A and with true series cell, your cell should produce at least 2LPM or more. Remember the formula (0.25W per sqr inch). For example, 6" x 6" = 36 sqr inches. 36 x 0.25 = 9A. So the maximum amount of amps should use for 6" x 6" plates series cell design is 9 amps (optimum). If push too much of amps then the power wasted as heat.