Re: Bucket cap question

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

HOnestly I wouldn't use a bucket cap whatever the situation! I used to use
pint bottles full of salt water and motor oil to make my cap bank, and
compared to my new MMC bank it was a pile of pants!
    If you use silver nitrate for the bucket or bottle caps it tends to work
quite well, especially if you keep the bucket blacked out (AgNO3 is
photoreactive), but i've never tried copper sulphate - give it a go and see
what happens!

Regards,
Jason
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Subject: Bucket cap question


> Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz
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> Hello Coilers,
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> Has anyone done any experiments with different electrolytes for
> a bucket cap?  I know that brine is the favourite, but wondered
> how copper sulfate might work, especially when using copper for
> the electrodes.  Comments and suggestions welcomed.
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