Electrolysis Tank - Newbie!

[K_Leonard]

I set up my first electrolysis tank yesterday evening and it appears to be working but I'm not sure. I'm using a 20 gallon plastic tub, rebar for the anode, and a newly purchased 12V/6V battery charger. It seems to be working okay; the piece is very rusty. I noticed the battery charger would blink green yesterday and today but after unplugging, disconnecting the positive and negative clamps, and pulling the cast iron piece for inspection this evening that once I tried to set it all back up, the battery charger isn't blinking green. Does that mean it's not working? The surface of the bath is very foamy but I'm not seeing active bubbles coming up. I used OxiClean washing soda and specifically looked for sodium carbonate as the main ingredient (not sodium bicarbonate).

[K_Leonard]

Pics of electrolysis tank

[Doug D.]

If the product you are speaking of is not 100% sodium carbonate, I would ditch it and replace with Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda which is. Since your make and model battery charger is unknown, what the flashing green light means isn't clear. I assume the charger is a manual one?

[K_Leonard]

Thanks for the advice on the soda wash. It isn't 100% sodium carbonate. I'll do a switch out tomorrow. It had a second ingredient that was a peroxide...cannot remember exactly (maybe hydrogen peroxide) and I've already disposed packing and garbage truck came by today.

Should've sent a picture of my charger. Now attached. It's Vector brand. A flashing green light indicates that the unit is 'Operating'. To left is a hazard symbol that indicates if unit has a 'Fault LED Indicator'; I assume flashes or lights up red. But I'm not seeing that nor the green flashing.

[Doug D.]

Your charger appears to be an automatic trickle charger/maintainer. Automatic chargers see the electrolysis circuit as a charged battery and shut themselves off. The charger used needs to be a manual one or have a manual setting.

[K_Leonard]

Thank you again! learning a lot here. I'll fix all this tomorrow!