Plasma Electrolysis by IronHead

[rapttor]

HKyle, nice work as always... that quiet cell was kinda freaky, when you can see activity but hear nothing at all...

I guess it is time to start considering working on a "heating" project since it does get a bit "chilly" up hea in New England, even worse up by your neck of the woods.

Just a thought, maybe you've tried it already, but for the tungsten electrode, I wonder if that porcelain in a bottle you can buy at Homedepot or Lowes that's used to fill in chips or cracks on the stove top, if you could coat the tungsten rod with it and leave only the bottom that you want exposed non-coated. I would imagine the heat with standing capabilities must be decent.

my financed .02

-rapttor

[hkyle]

There is no Tungston...That is 6010 welding electrode with the coating removed and the heat shrink...lol works great. So far there is very little wear on the rod.

After running the cell for a while you can touch the rod at the bottom and it is not hot.

Thanks for the tip on the porcelain in a bottle. I will try it if the rod gets to hot...

Tonight I am going to try something different with the power. Not pulsed or anything...But very low voltage after the cell worms up. See if I can lower the wattage even more. Not sure if it will work but will try anyway.

HKyle, nice work as always... that quiet cell was kinda freaky, when you can see activity but hear nothing at all...

I guess it is time to start considering working on a "heating" project since it does get a bit "chilly" up hea in New England, even worse up by your neck of the woods.

Just a thought, maybe you've tried it already, but for the tungsten electrode, I wonder if that porcelain in a bottle you can buy at Homedepot or Lowes that's used to fill in chips or cracks on the stove top, if you could coat the tungsten rod with it and leave only the bottom that you want exposed non-coated. I would imagine the heat with standing capabilities must be decent.

my financed .02

-rapttor

[rapttor]

Just outa curiousity, have you tried these, or similar "trode" material?
I'd imagine the steel electrode(flux coated) lasts much longer...

http://store.weldingdepot.com/cgi/weldingdepot/CCxx.html

[hkyle]

No I havnt..That there coating has to come off...if not it just disolves and falls off anyway soooo.

Just outa curiousity, have you tried these, or similar "trode" material?
I'd imagine the steel electrode(flux coated) lasts much longer...

http://store.weldingdepot.com/cgi/weldingdepot/CCxx.html

[reddb49]

Have used this type of gouging rod at work to burn off large welds on steels. These even come in 1/4" diameter and they are copper outside with carbon centers. These babies will burn some steel.