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Offline Julian

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Re: Electrolysis
« Reply #45 on: May 06, 2016, 11:40:16 PM »
Had a PSU running all afternoon at 7 amps ... it's not even got warm and the cooling fan is just ticking over, so perhaps limiting the current isn't that critical after all.

Tried some carbon electrodes and they appear to erode quite quickly leaving the electrolyte black ... so yet another heroic failure trophy to add to the collection.  I'll be going back to steel rods the next time I use it.
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Re: Electrolysis
« Reply #46 on: May 06, 2016, 11:44:22 PM »
I have been using Oxalic acid, 7.95 per 1kg,i read about it in this thread

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=1360257&highlight=oxalic+acid

Is it just me? i cant see Julians pics?

So how does it work?

I think the picture issue has cropped up before ... Nige was reporting the same thing.  As far as I can see there's nothing wrong with my URL, but it may have found its way onto a black list from an incident a few years back.  I think you and Nige use the same anti-virus so if blacklisting is the issue, you'll need to add palmergroup.co.uk to a trusted site (or similar) list.
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