UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Powered By Google Custom Search Vintage Radio and TV Service Data

Go Back   UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum > Specific Vintage Equipment > Other Vintage Household Electrical or Electromechanical Items

Notices

Other Vintage Household Electrical or Electromechanical Items For discussions about other vintage (over 25 years old) electrical and electromechanical household items. See the sticky thread for details.

Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old 4th May 2010, 9:03 pm   #1
russell_w_b
Dekatron
 
russell_w_b's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Penrith, Cumbria, UK.
Posts: 3,680
Default Leclanche Cell manufacture

If anyone fancies having a go at manufacturing a Leclanche cell, like the one shown in the pic below, then it's worth knowing that Aldi sell jam in jars of a very similar square shape with a round neck, approximately 4" tall x 2 1/2" square.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	leclanche.jpg
Views:	231
Size:	59.4 KB
ID:	35369  
__________________
Regds,

Russell W. B.
G4YLI.
russell_w_b is offline  
Old 4th May 2010, 9:52 pm   #2
AlanBeckett
Rest in Peace
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, UK.
Posts: 1,686
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

Russell,
Where do you get the porous pot from these days?
Alan
AlanBeckett is offline  
Old 4th May 2010, 10:23 pm   #3
russell_w_b
Dekatron
 
russell_w_b's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Penrith, Cumbria, UK.
Posts: 3,680
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

Quote:
Originally Posted by AlanBeckett View Post
Where do you get the porous pot from these days?
Haven't a clue! You'd have to use something 'modern' and hide it in the glass jar.
__________________
Regds,

Russell W. B.
G4YLI.
russell_w_b is offline  
Old 4th May 2010, 10:26 pm   #4
AlanBeckett
Rest in Peace
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, UK.
Posts: 1,686
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

Russell,
It aught to be possible to get an unglazed, biscuit fired, pot.
Who goes to Pottery classes?
Alan
AlanBeckett is offline  
Old 4th May 2010, 10:49 pm   #5
Station X
Moderator
 
Station X's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4, UK.
Posts: 21,128
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

Fancy flowerpots?
__________________
Graham. Forum Moderator

Reach for your meter before you reach for your soldering iron.
Station X is offline  
Old 4th May 2010, 11:17 pm   #6
Herald1360
Dekatron
 
Herald1360's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK.
Posts: 16,515
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

You may need to get clever with a blowtorch to form the notch in the circular top for the zinc rod to stand neatly......

Or you could try this (Indian) outfit:

http://www.racexports.com/detail.php?code=1221585347150

There's a picture including the PP here:

http://racexports.trustpass.alibaba....nche_Cell.html
__________________
....__________
....|____||__|__\_____
.=.| _---\__|__|_---_|.
.........O..Chris....O

Last edited by Herald1360; 4th May 2010 at 11:27 pm.
Herald1360 is offline  
Old 4th May 2010, 11:22 pm   #7
AlanBeckett
Rest in Peace
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, UK.
Posts: 1,686
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

Graham,
Possibly. You'd have to 'bung up' - can't think of a better word - the hole in the bottom.
I'll have a look next time I'm in the Garden Centre.
The next two problems would be supplies of manganese dioxide and ammonium chloride.
Carbon rods and zinc sheet should be fairly straightforward.
Alan
AlanBeckett is offline  
Old 5th May 2010, 12:39 am   #8
AC/HL
Dekatron
 
AC/HL's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK.
Posts: 9,636
Default Re: Leclanche Cell manufacture

I have an old Leclanche wet cell, found in a disused attic some years ago. It was empty. I got the ammonium chloride by opening dud dry cells and dissolving them in water until it was saturated, forming crystals. The porous pot is cracked, possibly as a result of freezing, but it seems to work OK
AC/HL is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 8:56 am.


All information and advice on this forum is subject to the WARNING AND DISCLAIMER located at https://www.vintage-radio.net/rules.html.
Failure to heed this warning may result in death or serious injury to yourself and/or others.


Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2002 - 2023, Paul Stenning.