electrolyte or plates

[JonDoh]

ok.... I just discovered I use too much baking soda on 8 plates configured +-+-+-+- & the 30amp fuse kept on blowing.... earlier I only use 4 plates in the same solution & the 30 amp fuse never blew nor did it get hot. So then I lighten the electrolyte and the fuse doesn't blow and temp is stable.

For those that have experimented..... here's my question.....

Which is better for more HHO production, less amps, & cooler....

1) 4 plates with a strong dose of Electrolyte

or

2) 8 plates with weak electrolyte


I don't know which one gives out more LPM... don't have a flow meter

[Painless]

I would definitely place my money on the 8 plate setup, more surface area is always a good thing.

I'm sure this has been mentioned before and if it has, I apologise, but *PLEASE* do not use baking soda as a catalyst! Chlorine gas is nasty stuff!

[donnylynn]

Painless
Baking soda is NaHCO3. So where is the chlorine gas coming from?????

JonDoh
Doubling the number of plates while maintaing a constant ouput should lower the temp. Heat is your enemy. Based on my own experiments, NaOH will give about double the output of baking soda. I am currently experimenting with using 1.5 tsp per gallon of distilled water.

[Painless]

Sorry, I was thinking about the wrong catalyst there

[HALS-GUNSMITHING]

I heard baking soda does produce a poisios gas. Either carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. I think backing soda is only 6% NaOH so it would require a lot more to be used as well. Either way it makes my water turn brown and I won't use.
I was thinking of trying my tap water because it is well not city water. I know it has a lot of iron in it and I don't know how this will effect my plates. Any ideas?

[hg2]

I heard baking soda does produce a poisios gas. Either carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide. I think backing soda is only 6% NaOH so it would require a lot more to be used as well. Either way it makes my water turn brown and I won't use.
I was thinking of trying my tap water because it is well not city water. I know it has a lot of iron in it and I don't know how this will effect my plates. Any ideas?

If you're using anything other than distilled water you're sure to have constant problems with deposits gumming up your cell.And IMO koh is your best bet for electrolyte.