In this video we use basic electrolysis to electroplate copper busbars
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@jamesmason71242 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brad for sharing this, it will help me with future projects on my bus. Keep up the good work and stay safe and God bless you and your family
@Sylvan_dB2 жыл бұрын
This works. IIRC my chemistry you made some crude nickel acetate. Nickel acetate can also be purchased and it works faster, better.
@ChrisEpler10 ай бұрын
Missed the much more expensive part.
@Sylvan_dB10 ай бұрын
@@ChrisEpler buying powdered acetate is cheaper than buying nickel.
@dogdipstick2 жыл бұрын
We have been in the power industry for 50 years. Sure, you can crush some old plumbers pipe in a vise, drill some holes, and use that for your bus bar. Correctly designed bars, are longer lasting, safer, and easier to machine, manage, and implement. Flexible, corrosion resistant, Electrically rated, durable good. Faulty, poorly designed, emergency bus bars have cost power generation plants millions of dollars in the past (example, : Titus Generation Station,) when the lights went out during emergency ( more than once).
@BradCagle2 жыл бұрын
Sure, I get what you're saying. However this is DIY stuff, so I expect people to hopefully be aware that this "may not" be as good as a commercially available solution. DIY is about learning, saving money, and being self sufficient.
@SilverTreasures6 ай бұрын
You’re the man 👍
@BradCagle6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@iant4195 ай бұрын
This is not conductive grade copper. Pipe copper is only 80% Cu if I remember right. Whether hard drawn or soft, fine stranded, commercial strand or solid they are all 99.99% copper. I bet you know that but just a heads up, a lot of people don't.
@fredrikwiklund3335 Жыл бұрын
Exelent video, big help for me.
@BradCagle Жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful!
@int16_t10 ай бұрын
Very cool.
@BradCagle10 ай бұрын
Thanks
@rickharold7884 Жыл бұрын
cool
@iant4195 ай бұрын
If you use salt which provides an anion and cation you won't need any vinegar.
@rogerallen2685 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Can you tell us where you get your tin? I've found tin plates steel, but "pure" tin would work best?
@BradCagle Жыл бұрын
It's nickel strips I get them from amazon. You need to look for pure, and read to the reviews to make sure people are reporting it as pure.
@Wrench_Warrior9 ай бұрын
Why not tin?
@KossuJahvetti8 ай бұрын
Has anyone tried with tin?
@mahalkasi2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. Appreciate it. Your clothes are dry 😀
@BradCagle2 жыл бұрын
Haha, actually the heating element was out so the clothes were taking hours to dry. I just splice the break in the element this morning while I wait for the new part to come in :)
@managersamuel2 жыл бұрын
Isn't copper more conductive
@BradCagle2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but the point of the nickel plating is to protect the copper from corrosion. The really thin layer of nickel won't impact the performance of the copper bar
@alsemi-back-up5792 жыл бұрын
Hi Brad Like Your Videos 1 ? How Much Salt/ Solution of Vinegar?
@BradCagle Жыл бұрын
I just added salt until I had 1 amp flowing.
@alsemi-back-up579 Жыл бұрын
I Guess You Never ANSWER Your Comments??
@BradCagle Жыл бұрын
Sorry man. I did not measure. I just added salt until I had 1 amp of current flowing.