Usually foam isn\u2019t too much of an issue in a HyZor, so most people don\u2019t even need to worry about it. \u00a0For those people who worry about it anyway, here\u2019s some tips:<\/p>\n
Several things cause foam so the best thing to \u2018do about it\u2019 is to prevent it in the first place.
\nBefore assembly wash (and rinse) all the parts, that will be inside the electrolyzer, with dish soap and hot water.
\nThe idea is to remove any residual oils, including skin oil from your hands.
\nDuring assembly keep the parts clean by washing your hands well and often or wearing latex gloves.<\/p>\n
Use lye (NaOH) with as few impurities as possible and distilled water to make the electrolyte.
\nImpurities are what foams.<\/p>\n
Once the electrolyte is cooled, the very best way I\u2019ve discovered to pre-condition it is to \u2018burn\u2019 off the foam.
\nThis technique involves putting the electrolyte mixture into a appropriate sized glass container with a large open top (like a measuring cup capable of measuring several cups of liquid).
\nThen putting a couple of stainless steel plates into the cup (make sure they won\u2019t touch), connected to a small Capacitive Power Supply, allowing a couple of amps of DC current, so that we start making BG in the cup.
\nAs the BG comes out of the cup, I use a flame to \u2018pop\u2019 the bubbles.
\nI prefer to use a BG flame (because it is pure and won\u2019t add carbon to the mixture) but I know most people don\u2019t yet have a WaterTorch so a soldering torch will work.
\nTAKE CARE to protect yourself from splattering electrolyte. \u00a0Do this in an open area, wear eye protection and protective clothing.
\nWhen the large bubbles stop forming, your electrolyte is pre-conditioned to NOT foam.
\nThe large bubbles form because of oil on the surface, so burning off the oil prevents the problem.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product-resource-group":[107],"restricted-resource-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1000","product-resource","type-product-resource","status-publish","hentry","product-resource-group-hyzor-resources"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquacure-jeffro-dev.linksdev.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-resource\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquacure-jeffro-dev.linksdev.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquacure-jeffro-dev.linksdev.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product-resource"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquacure-jeffro-dev.linksdev.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product-resource-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquacure-jeffro-dev.linksdev.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product-resource-group?post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"restricted-resource-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquacure-jeffro-dev.linksdev.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/restricted-resource-tag?post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}