Wiring My dry cell

[mike915]

Lee that's not exactly true. You've seen the my little
21 plate -NNNN+NNNN-NNNN+NNNN- cell in action. it made 2 lpm at 11volts on a dying battery with very little steam ( I say very little because all cells make steam) You saw the vid. I'm expecting more at 13.5 volts

I think the fix is in the preparation of the plates.
My cell plates were cross hatch and rotary sanded cleaned in an Ultrasonic cleaner at 40,000 Hz leaving them microscopically clean. The plates were sealed between high temperature 1/16" thick EPDM gaskets. They are held in place with Zinc plated bolts.

I am using a 28% KOH mix (2 lbs to 3/4 gal)

Cross hatched plates are more efective??
Should i cross hatch all the plates or only the + and -
Thanks

[lhazleton]

Mike,
Cross-hatching adds more surface area, so do it to all of your plates.
The deeper the grooves, the more additional area you create. Just be sure to keep it kinda smooth where the gaskets will mate.

[mike915]

Mike,
Cross-hatching adds more surface area, so do it to all of your plates.
The deeper the grooves, the more additional area you create. Just be sure to keep it kinda smooth where the gaskets will mate.

But this didn't affect on warming or something negative??

[lhazleton]

Not at all. It merely adds surface area. Absolutely no ill effects.

[mike915]

Not at all. It merely adds surface area. Absolutely no ill effects.

OK, thanks for the info

[sokeway]

Your connection is correct.

The brothers said above also, You are better off with 5N's. It is more efficent., But the voltage you consider your