Safe experiments with electrolysis of salt water

Seventy Sixth Post: Safe experiments with electrolysis of salt water

I was looking for ways to make hydrogen and oxygen from the electrolysis of salt water. I haven’t ventured far from a simple D-cell battery and two wires. I still want to experiment but want to design a safe mechanism. Some of the experiments on message boards are using a battery charger to create the cathode and anode in which the oxygen and hydrogen come from. It just sounds dangerous.

So as a little challenge I want to design a system or find a better way through researching books so that I can conduct a little, tinkering experiment. The main concern here is safety. Battery chargers plus water without the proper equipment is dangerous. The second design consideration is containment of the gases with an easy way to store and release them. All this plus the need of the equipment to be portable and easy stored.

This is no easy design task. There are many reasons for wanting to produce hydrogen and oxygen especially from a renewable resource such as water. The hydrogen could be used as a fuel and the oxygen we breath could be used to make air for underwater exploration. Of course these uses are more advanced that my little experiment, but all inventions start somewhere.