Method for preventing stray currents in peripheral system parts during an electrolysis process for obtaining metals

A process for the electrolytic recovery of a metal which is ionogenically contained in an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte is supplied from a reservoir through at least one supply line to an electrolysis area including anodes and cathodes and at least one d.c. voltage source, and wherein used electrolyte is at least partly recirculated from the electrolysis area to the reservoir through at least one discharge line, characterized in that between a first contact point in the electrolyte of the supply line and a second contact point in the electrolyte of the discharge line a bridge line containing electrolyte is provided, where the ohmic resistance R1 of the electrolyte in the bridge line between the first and the second contact point is not more than 10% of the ohmic resistance R2, which exists between the first and the second contact point in the electrolyte flowing through the reservoir, and that the amount of electrolyte flowing through the bridge line per unit time is not more than 5% of the amount of electrolyte flowing in the supply line in the vicinity of the first contact point.