electrolysys with horizontal plates

[Walter Hofmann]

Hi all,
i was wondering if somebody has experiemnted with horizontal plates. At my exepriements with vertical plates I watched that the bubbles seem to be only coming from the edges never from inside a plate and I was wondering how horizontal plates would provide. I made two pieces of  SS screen like a Z one part about 1 inch bigger as the next one with a smaler contact strip of 1 inch lenght then bend it like a Z feed it in to each other with a 1/16 inch distance and the next about 1 inch distance what means it is like a seriel of 2 cells. with a 12 V batterie it pulls around 12 A and it seems as the whole screen gives up now bubbles what I never have seen in the vertical plates. by a conductivity of 3.73mS/cm It inflates a ballon or a pressure of 1psi within 5 seconde where with the vertical plates it takes min 25 to 40 seconds to get the same this is about 5 to 8 times shorter with the horizontal . the next is comparisson of the used area the vertical plate version uses 36 sq inches each plate and the horizontal evrsion has only 13 sq inches what is only about 33%. If I compare now both versions then I have to say that the horizontal version gives about three to five times more output then the vertical plates. If I watch both cells then the vertical plates bubble like champagner and the horizontal plates looks like a thick mist.
Maybe this is something for other to try.
greetings
walt

[mark australia]

Any chance of a photo as this might be worth experimenting on. I have looked at using a horizontal stainless steel mesh..but never got around to it . Might do so Now.
Also are you plusing the current or is it direct draw of the battery.
Kind Regards
Mark

[tbird]

Walter,

do your vertical plates draw as much power as the horizontal plates?

[Mica Busch]

Bravo on the mesh! Bubbles tend to stick to solid plates due to surface tension. The reason edges and meshes work great is because there is nothing for the bubbles to stick to, so they float away and let the next bubble be made! With your horizontal method you have more vertical surface area exposed which allows for more volume...

[Walter Hofmann]

Walter,

do your vertical plates draw as much power as the horizontal plates?

they actually draw more instead of 10A vertical they draw around 12 to 15 A and stay cooler.
greetings
walt