Originally Posted by
Helz_McFugly
Ive always sanded my plates to get them clean and I figured the rougher the surface the easier the bubbles would detatch, like you said, and all my reactors work great. the way I see it in my minds little eye is if the plate is smooth the bubble will stick to the plate longer and make a void of gas on the plate which would make that tiny little spot stop sending current, if its rough it will detatch the bubble quicker thus giving all those little spots more time to send current. I would bet that a good sand blasting of the plates to roughen them up might also work the same way. this is just MO
I have found that sanding may help some but having the plates media blasted with 30/60 grit nickel slag or garnet is the way to go. It does help very much and all of my plates are now done that way. It is cheap as well. Usually only a couple of bucks per plate. Any powder coating shop will be able to do it.
Larry
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