Hi all,Recently I've picked up a couple rusty tools and wanted to try out electrolysis instead of my usual vinegar bath and steel wool/file routine.It all seems pretty simple and reasonably cheap except for the power supply. Most builds I've seen use some kind of car battery charger but it needs to be the manual variety. Something like that just doesn't seem to be available from the stores near me and the options online are too pricey for me expecially since I only really want it for this one task. A lot of the builds suggest picking one up in a car boot sale or something like that which just isn't really a thing near me and obviously not a guarentee.So looking into it seems all I really need is a AC to DC power supply and there are a number on Amazon for much more reasonable prices (£14ish) like the one belowhttps://https://ift.tt/2HInmb5 someone with more knowledge on these things let me know if that's a suitable power supply? I notice it is rated for 30 amps and a number of builds I've seen previous are only running at 3-10 amps so is this overkill? Also I notice this power supply seems to have a number of protection features like short circuit protection so I'm wondering if that means it won't be suitable for electrolysis as that's basically what it's doing? Does the lack of amp control pose a problem?With electrolysis itself I've read that the amount of water or the size of the part will require more current? The main piece I'm looking to de rust is a large record vice so am I in danger of blowing any fuses/melting something with such a large piece?Also the rebar I've source for the positive anodes are only 8mm in diameter which seems smaller than a lot of the other builds I've seen. Will that be a problem? I was just thinking I'd get less use out of them?Apologies for all the questiosn and if this has all been answered before I did do a search and read a number of posts/builds on this subreddit but none seemed to answer my specific questions and googling tended to bring back stuff about hair removal instead... Any help would be great. Cheers! via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2Fo9GjS
