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Originally Posted by sswee
I read most of all that also when I first started. Then was lucky enough to be able to talk with Fibergeek. He helped me straighten out my start up problems.
You said you were attempting a run of 1.5 SF of SA, what was the amperage you were trying to use on that batch?
Watch out changing too many things at once, it could make it hard to tell where the real problem is.
SS
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Well we wanted to go for 9ASF (yes i know what is suggested is 6). So we calculated 15amps for the duration of the test. The volt meter would climb but not the amp meter. I created a short and the amp meter jumped up! So the rectifier is working. I created shorts along my connections to test them out. Outside the tank, where my cathodes are I tested that and they all caused the amp meter to jump up (so connection is there). Same with my rack (tested about 12 different spots in total). I was getting flustered so I put my aligator clip that should attach to my parts in the bath where my parts were located...no reading on the amp meter. But the closer and closer I put the aligator clip towards the nearest cathode the higher the amp meter would climb. I was pressed for $$ so yes I made some short cuts as you can see in the connections...they seem to be completing a curcuit though. (tomorow I will buy proper materials).
Ron suggested that no amps will draw in the cold. Maybe my thermometer is off, but it was cold near freezing point here.
Thats one thing I could think of maybe giving me a false state of bath temp.
I am using 2 of the agitators, with extra air pump.
BTW what wire (guage) should I get to properly hook up my rectifier?