Originally Posted by
myoldyourgold
Mike, when done right in a pure unipolar setup like Gus's there is no active bipolar plates. As far as how a bipolar plates changes polarity is quite simple. Current must get to the plate through the electrolyte (not a connected wire) then go through the plate and through electrolyte again to another plate. When it doses this it has one side positive and the other side negative. Gus can explain exactly how the unipolar works. Lots of things have changed since this thread. Read some of the newer threads.