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Hi Stan. You're right. I should have
said if you dropped a WEIGHTED barrel of oil it would sink to the titanic
without any pressure effects against it.
You say your best guess is some of the oxygen is
getting tied up in Pb and making PbO2. Ok. What is Pb Stan? Some kind of oxide?
If it is and the
hydrocaps wash it all down back into the battery
cells, does the oxide just get shoved into the acid water mix? Is that
bad?
By having an air equalization system that
will vent air into my pod whenever the pressure in my pod falls below
the outside water
pressure, I really shouldn't have to worry about
the vacuum even though I will use hydrocaps. It just would be nice to know
what causes that
vacuum. But it sounds like it must be something
like you are talking about Stan. I can understand if somehow ALL the original O2
that was
seperated from the hydrogen is not available to
recombine with the hydrogen it seperated from, then of course other O2 from
within the pod
would recombine with the hydrogen. The missing O2
that was originally seperated from the hydrogen must be what is causing the
vacuum
and that is what is bonding with the Pb and making
PbO2. So even though I do not know what Pb is....I can still grasp that the
original O2 that
seperated from the hydrogen, now has more than
likely bonded with something and is not available to recombine with the hydrogen
it originally
seperated from so water can be recreated. So the
OTHER O2 that was not the original O2 that was seperated, has to recombine
with the hydrogen
and take up the slack for the missing O2. And that
is what creates the vacuum. I understand the concept now even if I do not
understand the exact chemical
procedure that causes it. Shouldn't be a problem
though with air equalization.
Since the batteries do offgas during discharge but
just not as much as when charging, then the hydrocaps should still be slightly
hot or warm
when the batteries are heavily discharging. Since
heating the air inside the pod should make it expand somewhat, it seems like
that should compensate
for any small loss of O2 and prevent the vacuum
doesn't it? I guess it doesn't cause the experts say you will have that slight
vacuum when using
hydrocaps, but it seems like heating the air would
compensate some don't it? At least til the pod cooled down and the air
contracted.
Thanks for trying to help me get a handle on the
cause of the vacuum Stan.
Kindest Regards,
Bill Akins.
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