Linnard?s hydrogen on demand system without electricity !

[ResinRat2]

Hi edelind,

It does not surprise me, I think in the USA it will reach a point soon where I won't be able to buy them myself either. There are quite a few people in my country that still like to make their own lye-based soap, so it is still available for now.

My stoppers are scheduled for delivery tommorrow. Not too bad, so it was just a couple of days delay.

Thanks for your interest.

[ResinRat2]

Hi Everyone,

WHOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

I stopped off at Sears Hardware today, looking for some hose connections when unexpectedly I found out that they carry rubber stoppers. The exact sizes I needed. YYEESSSSSS!!!

The reactor is all together and I finished threading the platinum wires for the built in fuel cell experiments. I put them through the stoppers and added cork stoppers on the inside so the wires will float on the surface of the liquid. This is perfect for testing the theory of the built-in fuel cell. I can always easily add more platinum-coated wire as I need in the future now. So I am all set equipment-wise. She is ready to launch.

Tommorrow I will spend my time preparing the electrolyte solution (10 kg. worth) and getting this puppy rolling.

5...4...3...2...1...Launch!!!

It's been a long time coming, that's for sure.

Thanks for all of your patience and interest. I appreciate them very much from you all.

Hope I can get some sleep tonight. LOL!

[loosecannon]

WOOOHOOO!!!!

dont forget to cross your T's and dot your I's! LOL

wont have a computer till sat. afternoon.
cant wait to check in then.

good luck RR,
LC

[Mark69]

<--rubbing hands together......can't wait to see the results   

[ResinRat2]

Well I had the reactor running yesterday for about 20 min, then it developed leaks in both the front and back corners of the Tung/Carb (hydrogen) side, I ended up stopping the reaction and draining out the electrolyte solution before it leaked out all over the place. I took a short video of the unit before I started the test, but it just shows the unit and nothing is really happening so I don't think I will bother posting it.

I will try today to clean it up and seal those two spots. This is bothering me because I just hope it isn't because of expansion and contraction. The reactor is sealed so I can't get on the inside, so I will try to plug the leaks from the outside. May take a couple of days.

From every failure I learn something, and one thing I did learn was that the idea of the built-in fuel cell will not work on this process. What happened was that as the hydrogen production built-up speed the area around the platinum electrodes started to develop brown precipitate. I believe it was one or both colloids starting to kick out. This makes me suspect that as the platinum wires build up charge they begin attracting the colloid silver/magnesium ions and kicking them out of solution. This means this will not work for this system. So the dream of the sealed unit is gone. I will need to use the hydrogen gas produced to go through an external fuel cell to produce eletricity. At least I learned that much.

Also, the gas production was not as fast as I had hoped. It was slowly building speed and it might have reached a good clip over time, but I won't know until I try it again without leaks. Actually it was going pretty good off a few electrodes at the time I stopped it so perhaps it just needed time to reach reaction speed.

I was disappointed, but I will give it another shot. I just need to give this unit a fair chance to react over a period of time without leaks.

I will keep posting information as I learn it.

Thanks for your interest.