Reading this thread (deciding my plate set-up) I ended up with a theory on electrodes and neutral plates. As a convicted newbie there might be a lot of confusion so please correct me if I am wrong.
Lets say we had this set-up:
+ N N N N N -
Initially we count on electrolite because the distance between the electrodes is longer. Water charges, some O and H's start travelling towards its opposites; They cloud on the 1st Neutral plate surface they find, and charge it. 1st neutral plate near the + (charges with '+') and vice-versa;
The distance now is shorter (between the different charges) and production is getting better; ions charge the next Neutral surface and so goes on, until all Neutrals are charged; O and H's now can travel towards the attracted surface and end up floating on the water level and because of the temperature difference (and volume) and go up in the exit tube.
If this is what really happens, it would make a difference to have a even number of plates or not;
Examples:
+ N - ...> Each surface of the neutral plate ionizes with each polarity;
+ N N - ...> Each neutral plate ionizes with each polarity;
+ N N N - ...> 1 neutral ionizes with +, other with -, and the center one ionizes each surface with different polarities;
Let's say we had a more conductive electrode in the + pole; it would affect the equillibrium and charge more neutral plates;
If all that is not what happens, we would be accepting there is no charge at the neutrals, and so there would be no dissociation happening on those surfaces (lost space)...
Please tell me if my thoughts are in the right path...
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6x6 plates (304SS)
Currently researching on:
- Al3O2 .5 micron-spheres blasted to Ni-plated SS electrodes
- Hydrophilic center-cell tissue spacers
- Neoprene pressure builder in HHO outlet associated with pre-cell water pump
- Ni-Ti (.016") filaments welded to SS electrodes to guide current distribution
- Organic Polymers (selective membrane, electrode life, solid electrolyte, etc)
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