new guy question

[hotbarrel]

I am looking at the very common print for the hydrogen generator that uses the stainless switch plates. I am gathering materials to build one. I understand the voltage drop accross the plates, as they get further and further fron the center positive plate out to the negitive plates.
my question is this, why is every other plate insulated with nylon nuts and every other plate bonded with stainless nuts. would it not porduce more gas if they were all insulated. it seems to me this would double the surface area.
any information helping me understand this is greatly appreciated. also I am open to any other info on this you feel may be relivant to the generator you may feel helpfull.

one additional note I bought 316 stainless to make my plates from NOT wall plates of questionable quality stainless.
I want to assembel this as efficantly as I can the first time.
thanks for tollerating a new guy question.
the hotbarrel

[Bodkins]

I am looking at the very common print for the hydrogen generator that uses the stainless switch plates. I am gathering materials to build one. I understand the voltage drop accross the plates, as they get further and further fron the center positive plate out to the negitive plates.
my question is this, why is every other plate insulated with nylon nuts and every other plate bonded with stainless nuts. would it not porduce more gas if they were all insulated. it seems to me this would double the surface area.
any information helping me understand this is greatly appreciated. also I am open to any other info on this you feel may be relivant to the generator you may feel helpfull.

one additional note I bought 316 stainless to make my plates from NOT wall plates of questionable quality stainless.
I want to assembel this as efficantly as I can the first time.
thanks for tollerating a new guy question.
the hotbarrel

not my field but try this link
Panacea University

[hotbarrel]

ANYONE......
I went to the page noted and was not able to find any explanation...
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[rick123]

I am not positive on witch build your talking about. But the stainless steel nuts are used to make contact to plate and nylon are used to insulate. So if your building p-n-p-n-p-n etc then I have drilled all four corners and used all-thread and stainless nuts to make contact on all my p plates and on that same all-thread used nylon nuts for insulating n plates. At the same time using the nuts as spacers to keep plates uniformed. Nylon all-thread can also come in handy. Most common I see people notch the plates then eliminating the need to insulate the opposite plate.
Sorrry if this did not help, I don't understand whitch type of generater you are building, There are so many builds out there. Rick

[Buccaneer]

At a guess, I'd say you're referring to Smack's booster. In which case there are reasons for the apparent redundancy of plate usage.

There are more efficient boosters than his and I'd recommend doing what Bodkins suggested and go to Panacea University and download the document titled:

Hydroxy Booster technology (PDF).

The answers are all there.


Buccaneer

[ashtweth]

Thanks for the pointer guys, yup, Bodkins and Buccaneer are right, the voltage drop and floater plates explanation with diagrams are in the groups hydroxy course, we had this document in the booster 101 thread, i can seem to find it any more, any ways its there in the hydroxy course.

[hotbarrel]

thanks guys