Electrolysis Project Page 7

This is a picture of my new elecrolysis box and the glue that I used. It is able to actually weld the plexi-glass together, by melting the material. Very cool, very instant, very dangerous, so be careful if you use it.

Here is a shot of the finished box, without the lid on it. In this box, I will place all of the 6x6 inch squares of 316 stainless. I have 80 of them total. The box INSIDE measures 6 3/4 high by 11 1/2 long by 6 1/16 wide. You want the squares that you cut, to just barely fit into the box so that the electrolyte can not spill through the sides easily. The top needs to be higher, so that you have a collection area for the gas.

Here are all 80 of the 6x6 pieces of 18 guage stainless steel #316 (corrosive resistant). Now I need to sand them to get rid of any junk on the surface, and allow them to better conduct the electricity.

My little helper again :) This is fun for the whole family!

I had to come up with non-conductive spacers for each of the plates. I thought about the problem for several days and finally came up with Weed Wacker Chord! It's perfect due to the various diameters you can buy, it's plastic so it is non-conductive and it is easily cut into little pieces, so I do not waste a lot of surface area on each of my plates.

I went down the assembly line, putting 4 dabs of glue in each corner and my helper followed me placing a piece of chord on each of the dabs of glue. This meant that each of my plates would be perfectly spaced from one another. In retrospect, I would suggest sanding BOTH sides of the plates first. I did not do this and later it proves to be a bit of a pain. So I would highly recommend sanding both sides very well before doing any gluing.