Aldi On the front panel of the 777 there is a switch that is labeled either standard or fast, the setting you need to use is the standard setting, the red and green lights alternate every minute and the red comes on bright when it shuts off. On the fast setting it is running manually and will brew until you shut it off hence the colors you got. I've never been able to get anything but clear up to 20 ppm (setting # 7)with mine set on standard. Dave
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Golden Aldi <goldena...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Maryann, > > I bought one of these generatory last June. Since I'm llving over here in > Germany, I had to get the Universal one cause of the european voltage which > is about $40 bucks more. It was a disappointment to see that the extra $40 > bucks was for something I could get at Radio Shack back in the States for a > few bucks. > Then I can't tell you if the red light that is on there ever went on. Its > supposed to "turn off" and let you kow it was done. With mine, I have to > keepp watching it til the green light goes off, cause it will keep on > brewing. > > I can't say that it only takes 3 hours to make a 10ppm mix, I've had a good > 6 plus hours, but maybe we could blame that on sea level, atmospheric > pressure, and electromagnetic fields. > > I attempted a 25 ppm mix, but that one turned to a violet tint for some > reason. I watered the plants with that one. The second batch is still > practically as clear as water, but that might be cause I watched it more > closely, and turned if off after about 14 hours. > > Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to have this thing, cause I figure if it > should ever fail on me totally, at least I'll have the parts and set up that > maybe I can fix it for real, and make it whole, but as is, I'm pretty > disappointed. > > I also made a lid with slits for the silver electrodes for my brewing jar, > its a real pain to try to get the strips to hang somewhat aligned to each > other with the right distance between them. Now its so much easier, and > there's even a bit more extra silver dispensed into the water. > > I'm just passing this along as my own personal review of this particular > generator. I am in the market for possibly a second generator, but the one I > want would be too costly to send over here, so I'll just sit tight, and wait > for something to come along. > > Aldi > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:01 AM, MaryAnn Helland > <marmar...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > >> Hi Sara. It's a great generator. I've had mine for almost ten years. >> During that time, it has made no less than three batches a week, and at >> times I've made as many as fourteen batches a week (2 per day). It is a >> quality unit, worry-free. You'll enjoy the "bells and whistles", once you >> know what they are and how to put them to use. You may find that it doesn't >> take as long to make a batch, as they say. I never seed my batches, but I'm >> looking for a low-ppm (5-10) and it can take as few as three hours to make a >> quart. And yes -- it makes "the good stuff"!! :-) >> MA >> > >
