Re: Salt substitute

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

Woah, your building a salt water cap with titanium? I thought the idea with
these thing was KISS. I could have glass custom blown to make caps, but
thats not very cost effective. I'm guessing your referring to MIG or MAG
wire?

---Eric
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Subject: Re: Salt substitute


 > Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>
 >
 > Dan E: The Ice melt salt makes a good conductor. The major problem is it
 > will disolve electrodes like sugar.  I use titaniun welding rod wire as
 > electrodes with very good results. Titanium resists salt better than
 > stainless and lasts like pure nickel and monel.
 >        Robert    H
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 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:12:55 -0600
 >  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > Subject: Re: Salt substitute
 >  > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > Resent-Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:15:27 -0600
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "Patrick Herd" <zl2uph-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Road salt shouldn't be a problem, I've heard of other people using it
for
 >  > bucket caps.
 >  > I've also heard of using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) as it doesn't
 >  > corrode the electrodes so quickly.
 >  >
 >  > Hope this is of some help
 >  > Pat
 >  >
 >  >> Original poster: Bob81818-at-aol-dot-com
 >  >>
 >  >> Hi list, I was wondering if instead of using lots of "table" salt for
the
 >  >> bucket caps, can I use ice melting stuff (for lack of a better word)?
On
 >  >> the bag it says its a mix of Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride,
and
 >  >> Sodium Chloride. I've got a nice big bag so I thought it would be a
lot
 >  >> easier than buying the cylinders of "table" salt. Any thoughts about
this
 >  >> would be appreciated. My only worry it that it wont dissolve. Thank
you in
 >  >> advice.
 >  >> Dan E.
 >  >>
 >  >>
 >  >>
 >  >
 >  >
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