@ResinRat2
Here's a rather simple diagram with animations...  there's a few other links
on various types.  Hope this helps.  Keep up the great work!

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell2.htm

Hi all,

Been searching round for cheap source of stainless steel. Excellent site on ebay(link below) selling all kinds of metals in the UK. Worth a look...

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/MetalsDirectUK_Stainless-sheet_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ4678907QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Regards
NssB

Hi All,

Its been frustrating the last couple of weeks trying to get my reactor to stop leaking around the large tungsten/carbide electrode. I have tried eight times of cleaning out the reactor and resealing around the electrode with cyanoacrylic and the curing agent (kicker). Each time I was able to get a good seal when plain water or the electrolyte solution was left standing overnight in the reactor; but each time after the hydrogen reaction began a leak always developed around the electrode. It always took a couple of hours, but each time the leak redeveloped, forming next to the electrode and finally breaking through the outer acrylic that sealed around it.

After all this time I believe I finally understand why this is happening. I believe it has to do with the temperature that this reaction occurs at. When I do the sealing around the electrode it is being performed at room termperature (around 20 degrees Celsius or 68 degrees Fahrenheit) and I always get a good seal as long as the reactor and solution temperature is around room temp. Once the reaction begins the solution and reactor temperature begin to drop. The metal electrode probably shrinks from the temperature drop faster than the acrylic and pulls away from the acrylic around it, thus opening a void that causes an electrolyte solution leak.

This is probably the cause, and I cannot think of a way to solve it with the present setup. There probably needs to be some type of "O" ring that goes around the electrode and is sealed with acrylic. Probably like a void in the acrylic that the ring fits into. This would expand and contract with the electrode and keep the seal integrity. I need to think about how to do this, or chuck the present design and try something else.

Some of the reactors made out of tupperware might be a possibility. I think Yikes has been doing some.

Sorry, just wanted to keep everyone updated. I have been working on this every day, and I still keep getting leaks. I need a way to solve this.

Thanks for your interest.

Perhaps you could try using a 'compression' type cable gland. If you look at www.rswww.com and do a search for GLAND I'm sure you will find something very suitable. Keep up the good work.

Cheap fuel cell?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cQg0Ur9Cko&NR=1

Thoughts anyone? This could be a possibility. Safer than plain platinum.

Hi Bluebatch,

My motivation is simple. I hate the way the public is being raked of so much of its wealth by the oil barons. Enough is enough. They drain away our savings by a substance that ultimately poisons the planet. This is absolutely raw, EVIL greed. My son should not live in a world with these leeches sucking the life out of everybody. I want everyone to start experimenting with this stuff and build their own power units. I want this to spread everywhere so it can't be buried and lost.

Take common ingredients, mix them in the right ratios, and presto! Hydrogen!

So now we see where I'm coming from.

Thanks for your interest

Hey ResinRat2 and assistant scientists,
     I've been following alternative fuel websites like keelynet and such for some time.  Your project is among some of the most interesting, challenging and educational; so much so,  I had to read and in some cases re-read every post ( some of the equations "phew"!! ).  Even if it were to turn out that the idea was a bust (I don't believe that it is), it's been a real pleasure just to follow the evolution of the experiments.  You'd be hard pressed to go see a movie with this kind of entertainment value...you certainly have my attention and that of other curious observers.   If I can offer any assistance I will, but it seems like the project is being run with capable hands and minds.  Keep up the good work.

good to see u all guys doing a great job here
it's much pleasure to follow ur experiments and conversations

anyway do u know about this colloid generator - http://www.biophysica.com/
which says they could make 12 different colloidal solution including magnesium.
I thinks it's very interesting to make Ag and Mg colloid at home.

thanks for good job