Ours comes from the mains water, but the tap water isn't the problem, that shows no Tyndall, it was the distilled water that did...dee
Sent from my iPad > On 19 Oct 2014, at 19:10, Malcolm <s...@asis.com> wrote: > > Hi Dee, there's another possibility here; I don't know how your water is > delivered to your faucet, but one thing that can happen is that a little > air gets entrained into it, and as the pressure is released going from > your plumbing into a container, the air is released as microscopic > bubbles. These are not the ones you see on the sides of a container > after you let the container stand - which are far from microscopic > anyway. Rather they can make the water even seem cloudy, though the > effect dissipates, and even begins to form into those much larger ones > that collect on the container's surface. > Just a thought, Malcolm > >> On Sun, 2014-10-19 at 11:02 +0100, Dee wrote: >> I make the distilled water myself and it has a 0 reading with my TDS >> meter. The tap water has a reading of over 300. The only thing might >> be, that I poured the distilled water into the jar which I make the CS >> in, without cleaning it out first as I thought this unnecessary. I >> wouldn't have thought there would be enough particles left to cause a >> Tyndall effect though...dee >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 19 Oct 2014, at 00:54, Debra & David <alch...@kern.com.au> wrote: >> >> >>> The answer is simple. Neither your tap water nor your distilled >>> water is pure. Mains filtration plants are very good at removing >>> particles, hence you will often see no laser line. On the other hand >>> it probably still contains plenty of dissolved salts (invisible to a >>> laser) so if you used a meter in the mains water you would get a >>> significant reading. >>> >>> If your distilled water is displaying a laser line it contains fine >>> particles, so its either not distilled in the first place or its >>> being contaminated after distilling. Unless your glass jar is >>> obviously unclean its not likely to add significant particles to the >>> water. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Dee <d...@deetroy.org> >>> To: silver-list@eskimo.com >>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:02 AM >>> Subject: CS>Conundrum >>> >>> I shone a laser through my distilled water and I got a distinct >>> Tyndall effect, just the same as I get through my finished CS. Can >>> anyone explain this? If I shine it through tap water there is >>> nothing...dee >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19/10/2014 5:36 AM, silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
