Hello members,
I've processed gold plated material before with my sulfuric cell, but for some reason when I used a new piece of copper mesh to make my basket and placed it in the cell, within 30 minutes it dissolved the front of the basket and much of my plated material was on the bottom of the cell. So, I replaced it with another piece of new copper mesh, and when I only placed a few pieces of plated jewelry in the basket and put it in the cell, within 3 minutes of the cell running, I noticed the basket starting to lean towards the edge of the cell and when I turned off the power and took out the basket, the same thing happened.
I have been using a car battery charger and I have it set to 10 amps.
I am using fresh Sulfuric Acid
I am using brand new 60 mesh copper
I am still using a the same lead cathode
Any ideas as to why this is happening?
Thanks
I've processed gold plated material before with my sulfuric cell, but for some reason when I used a new piece of copper mesh to make my basket and placed it in the cell, within 30 minutes it dissolved the front of the basket and much of my plated material was on the bottom of the cell. So, I replaced it with another piece of new copper mesh, and when I only placed a few pieces of plated jewelry in the basket and put it in the cell, within 3 minutes of the cell running, I noticed the basket starting to lean towards the edge of the cell and when I turned off the power and took out the basket, the same thing happened.
I have been using a car battery charger and I have it set to 10 amps.
I am using fresh Sulfuric Acid
I am using brand new 60 mesh copper
I am still using a the same lead cathode
Any ideas as to why this is happening?
Thanks