Extra Electrolyte (lye) Powder

Each bottle (may not look like picture) contains over 330 grams, enough for  4 (80 gram) solution mixes, each of which which should last for at least 2 year (so enough lye for at least 12 year)s; if our maintenance procedures are followed.

But you do not need to buy lye from us 🙂
FAQ: Where can I get Lye?

I purchase my lye in bulk with special order at my local hardware store.  Lye used to be available in most grocery stores and hardware stores but police campaigning has mostly removed it from those sources (it’s used to make Meth).

Lye (aka NaOH, sodium hydroxide and caustic soda) can be purchased online in quantity and cheaper than we sell it.

Just order 99%+ pure lye online.
It does not need to be ‘food grade’ as nothing about the lye touches ‘food parts’.  That’s for cleaning dairy pipes, etc.
99% pure is OK, food grade is just a bonus.

For example:
https://www.amazon.com/Sodium-Hydroxide-Pure-Grade-Caustic/dp/B06W57N49Y/ref=sr_1_4
or
https://www.homehardware.ca/en/3kg-pure-lye-crystals-cleaner/p/3226431

https://www.amazon.com/ComStar-024924305003-Drain-Opener-White/dp/B00PKNBK24/ref=pd_cp_468_2/146-0804183-6769860

https://www.truevalue.com/no-4-household-drain-opener-1-lb

For Australian users I found the correct Lye which has no impurities added for cleaning drains and that is “Glitz” Caustic Soda and is readily available at “Bunnings ” Warehouse.

In Mexico lye is known as Sosa Caustica or hidroxido sodico or Hidroxido de sodio and can most commonly be found in ‘chemical store(s).
In Morelia, Mexico I bought lye at Drogueria y botica Promotora Garibay

It does not matter what ‘form’ (powder, flakes, beads, etc.) it comes in.  Bigger chunks just take longer to dissolve.

For the model EA-H160, you put in maximum 1 ounce (28 grams) of lye: UNLESS you have installed mechanical gas volume adjustment, then you can put in up to 3 ounces (80 grams) of lye.

For the model AC50, 3 ounces is the MAXIMUM to put in the machine at one time.  It will work fine with as little as 1 ounce.
It doesn’t matter how much water you use, it matters that there is no more than about 80 grams of lye in the machine.

We put in ‘extra’ because some gets lost during maintenance rinsing and a tiny bit in the outgoing gas (gets trapped in the Humidifier).

As little as 40 grams in the AquaCure gives you full gas production without excess lye.  Too much excess lye can cause crystallization, which clouds the sight tube and plugging of hoses and orifices.

If using a hydrometer to measure specific gravity of the lye solution, it should read about 1.05 @ 20°C.

Anything close to that is fine (1.03 to 1.07); it does not need to be exact and naturally varies anyway, as the liquid level drops in the machine, the remaining solution becomes more concentrated.

Note: FYI: There is no reason to throw lye out if it becomes ‘rock hard’.  It can be chipped out and dissolved in hot water (the ‘cure’ to rock hard lye is to add more water).  It does NOT ‘go bad