DIY Electrolytic Interrupter

Does not run in simulation. Left lower tank is ammonium phosphate solution. Right lower tank is water resistor. Using an aluminum and a platinum electrode immersed in a solution of ammonium phosphate. A 5 X 7 inch battery jar with small aluminum electric light shade immersed in ammonium phosphate as the aluminum electrode. Platinum wire was not available so German silver wire was fed through hole in lamp shade cover about 1/4 inch below the solution. This interrupter is connected in series with the primary of the induction coil and a water resistance as this is 110 volt AC circuit. Chemical action will slowly eat off the German silver wire and you have to gradually feed in more wire. This instrument did give good service. How does electrolytic interrupter work? a current interrupter consisting of a cell with two electrodes that is immersed in an electrolyte such that the passage of current through the cell causes bubbles to form in the electrolyte, the bubbles breaking the circuit.

published 3 years ago