How to Build a Water Ionizer

Water ionizers are an excellent way to ensure that the water you drink from your faucet is free from a host of waterborne contaminants typically found in municipal water. You can build your own water ionizer to enjoy the benefits of ionized water without paying the price for a commercial model.

Things You'll Need

• Two 1-gallon plastic storage containers
• One 2-inch PVC pipe
• Electrical wire
• Piece of chamois slightly larger than PVC pipe
• 12V or 24V power adapter
• Two crocodile clips
• Two 0.5-inch by 0.75-inch titanium electrodes

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Instructions

• 1

  Set up the 2 1-gallon plastic containers next to each other and cut a 2-inch hole on the side of each one so that they line up and face each other.

• 2

  Insert the piece of chamois into the PVC pipe so that it fills the entire diameter of the pipe, and insert the pipe into the 2 holes you cut out of the plastic containers.

• 3

  Attach the titanium electrodes to some electrical wire.

• 4

  Attach the alligator clips to the 12V or 24V power system and to the wire that is running to the titanium electrodes.

• 5

  Place a titanium electrode in each 1-gallon plastic container, and make sure the contact between the alligator clips and the wire running to the electrodes remain out of the water.

• 6

  Fill the containers with water from your faucet and turn on the power adapter. This initiates the ionizing process.

• 7

  Wait at least 2 hours and watch as the water separates into the 2 containers. The water in one container will turn brown and murky while the water in the other container will be clear and clean. Once the ionizing process is complete, the brown water is the acidized water and the clear water is the alkalinized water.