Re: Salt substitute

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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.
 >
 >
 >