[Shop-talk] FW: Anode for compressor

[Karl Vacek]

> This and the other water heater descriptions may be the salient point - 
> the electrode is totally emersed in the electrolyte and is
> separated from the tank by the electrolyte except at the one point - the 
> top of the tank. Therefore the current flows from the
> electrode thru the electrolyte to the tank then back to the electrode at 
> the single connection. A really spiffy battery.


Why not slip maybe 3-4 thin o-rings or similar around the rod to support is 
just above the bottom of the tank, and cover the ends of the rod so they 
can't contact the end-bells ?

A galvanized-interior tank would be nice....