Description
Why Make a Tower Cap?
- To pre-separate the lye mist from the gas (liquid/vapor separator). During electrolysis, as the gas bubbles ‘pop’ out of the surface, they create a ’spray’ that becomes a ‘mist cloud’ that forms over the surface. This mist contains lye in the water droplets. Some of these lye filled droplets of water go out with the Brown’s Gas and need to be scrubbed from the gas. They also carry lye out of the machine that’s supposed to stay in the machine. Our innovative The Tower Cap mitigates this issue by providing the HEIGHT needed for most of the mist to settle out, pre-separating the lye mist from the Brown’s gas.
- To by-pass potential sludge-block issues. (bypasses the various gas channels).The Chinese VING chassis we are using to make these models of AquaCure were originally designed to fuel a micro-torch and we want to maintain that functionality, for amazing reasons we’ll make clear once there are a few thousand machines out in the public.But the original gas channels are prone to plugging with sludge and the Tower Cap completely bypasses that issue, giving the Brown’s gas a clear unobstructed path out of the machine.3. To be able to see if there is foaming.
If the electrolyte (lye solution) becomes contaminated with any kind of oil, the resulting bubbles won’t ‘pop’ and foam will be created. The foam will rise off the surface and flow out of the machine. The foam film is essentially liquid and has a lot of lye in it; thus lye is being ejected from the machine. So foaming is bad and requires dumping the contaminated electrolyte and mixing a new batch. The tall transparent Tower Cap allows you to see if there is foaming BEFORE the foam actually exits from the machine.4. To reduce maintenance (bypasses the steel filter on the front)By having the Tower Cap, we are able to simply and efficiently remove most of the lye from the Brown’s Gas, so the original steel ‘filter’ becomes redundant. By eliminating one of the ‘containers’ that would normally need to be maintained (water changed) every 10 hours, we minimized the ongoing maintenance.The water in the Humidifier (the current ’scrubber’) is EXACTLY the right fluid needed to refill the AquaCure when it gets low on water… The Humidifier water contains any trapped lye, so using that water to refill the AquaCure (then dumping the remainder) assures that the Humidifier gets fresh water often, and it also puts any trapped lye back into the AquaCure.
So the perfect solution to both maintenance and efficiency.5. To help prevent over-filling
You can SEE if the water level is (far) too high, before it comes out of the machine, spilling out lye solution. This is important because the sight tube hose can become plugged with sludge, soap crystals or have gas bubbles, which makes it ‘miss-read’. The plug can be cleared, but it’s good to have a system that prevents a mess.
The Tower Cap height is generally not a problem because these machines aren’t usually placed on counters that have cabinets above them. People need to have them close to where they sit, for inhalation, so tables (or utility cart) near chairs, couches or beds.
6. To re-apply a better solution
Note that the Tower Cap is NOT a ‘new’ development. We developed the Tower Cap concept after years of research and put it on our very first Brown’s Gas for Health machines (the ER50) back in 2007. We’ve carried on by applying the Tower Cap to the China Chassis machines.The Tower Cap is a well designed, simple, and reliable solution for several issues… And one that no one else (to date) does better (there are design features, like the Tower Cap Check valve and Gas Out fitting that make it superior to ‘other’ options).
