Can electrolyzed water be made at home?
March 12th, 2010
Excerpt from Feb. 23, 2009 LA Times article: ‘Simple elixir called a miracle liquid’- Maria Dickerson, reporter
"It turns out that zapping salt water with low-voltage electricity creates a couple of powerful yet nontoxic cleaning agents. Sodium ions are converted into sodium hydroxide, an alkaline liquid that cleans and degreases like detergent, but without the scrubbing bubbles. Chloride ions become hypochlorous acid, a potent disinfectant known as acid water. "
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Yes it can be but not recommended.
Im not really sure but it sounds kinda dangerous, with water being a good conductor, you could hurt yourself, especially if you used mains electricity. But you possibly could, did it say anything in the article?
try this at home! lol
THis is an excellent example of how a little truth can be dangerous.
If you zap salt water you might get a little sodium hydroxide, or lye, separating out.
You will, unless you use platinum electrodes, also get the metal electrodes attacked by the acid and base and the electrodes will rot away, contaminating the water with whatever is in the electrodes or wires.
Needless to say, you don’t want to drink water with lye or rotted electrode compounds in it.
I think what you’re looking for is a water ionizer. From what I understand, when water passes through a water ionizer it splits that water in to two streams through electrolysis – Alkaline and Acidic. The acidic water is what you want to use for cleaning and skin treatments. The alkaline water is for drinking.
So, to answer your question – Yes, electrolyzed water can be made at home (if you can afford a water ionizer)