New pic from Saltwater cell in tic tac box

[Walter Hofmann]

hallo stefan,
the shown corrosion is the reason why the cells should be sealed where it whould be no contact to air because thats the reason why the salt oxid collects on the top , the other part is the connection to the graphite plate's must also be totally sealed and sturdy with clips or any other kind ( screw, rivets etc.)
if you do it like I did with this setup in the tictac box using the original top of the box ( like the picture here)and seale it the remaining openings with good aquarium silicon ( normal silicon tends to stay more liquid and does not seal off well, you should not see this oxid build up.
greetings
walt

[hartiberlin]

Okay, I will try this.
My TicTac Cell  was still at 0.48 Volt at the 50 Ohm load after around 30 hours.
I now disconnected it again for a few hours to let it refresh and then will start again.

Regards, Stefan.

[hartiberlin]

Today I had started the cell again at 6 am at 0.75 Volts at the 50 ohm load,
this after noon at around 17 pm the voltage was down to about 0.44 Volts.
now at 23 pm the voltage is again up to 0.46 Volts at the 50 ohm load.
Do we have today a good X-ray night ?

Regards, Stefan.

[kenbo0422]

Stefan,

Looks like a banking of cells, allowing some to rest and some to work by electronic switching may give you a very long life power source.  With enough cells for TTL a good homemade power backup looks like fun and feasible.

[Walter Hofmann]

HI
I put six of this little cells together in series and get 6 volt no load, or 5 volt on a 100 ohm resistor for more then 1,000 hours.The bigger versions of my AG-Cell provide's even higher current for this and more timeperiod.
greetings
walt