> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:08:03 -0400 > To: [email protected] > From: Bill Kingsbury <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: periodically reversing the electrode polarity > Reply-to: [email protected]
> At 08:31 PM 7-18-98 +0000, Jim wrote: > > > > Bill, > > I have done both. > > Done both ? What, are you saying that you built a 'Bob Beck > blood electrifier' device ?? > No, I have not built the Beck device. I missed that part of the post until after I sent the reply. I have just reversed the electrodes and I have stirred the water. > > Reversing the electrodes will help > > them to disolve at a more equal rate, but you would have to > > stop the process and switch them every minute or so to have a > > chance at keeping the buildup off, and I'm not too sure that > > would work or even be a good idea. > > Why stop the process, when a timer chip could switch electrode > polarity automatically, as used in Bob Beck's circuit ? And if > you wanted to try it manually, you could use a DPDT switch. > I hadn't thought of that. That is a good idea. > If you did build a 'Beck device', did you use it to make CS ? > If yes, did the electrodes stay 'cleaner' ? > > > > What would you be making > > if you had some of the black buildup on both electrodes??? > > How do you know there would be _any_ black buildup -- the > reversal of polarity might 'unbuild' the black buildup, > molecule by molecule, while you relax. All I'm suggesting > is that nobody seems to have investigated, or at least > reported, on this. > I don't! I was just thinking out loud. > And even if there was some amount of black buildup on two > electrodes, there still may be significant advantages. > (Is there a reason it should be hazardous to have silver > oxide on two electrodes, rather than only one ?) > I don't know! > It seems possible that some of the gray silver particles which > collect on the cathode would be quickly converted to CS, each > time the cathode switched and became the anode -- thus improving > the net efficiency of CS production by up to several hundred > percent. > > Likewise, the black silver oxide on the 'anode' (now cathode) > might be rapidly converted into CS plus H2O. > > Thus leaving both electrodes relatively 'clean'. > > Seems worth a try. I'd like to see test results to compare > the resulting CS vs. 'standard' CS..... > Build a device to do this, and send me a sample of the silver, and I will take a look at it in the darkfield microscope and see what it looks like. If it is not working right, we may be able to see a difference in it. Jim > > > Also, I always stir my water just before putting the > > electrodes in. This will keep the water moving for a long time. > > Take Care, > > Jim Einert, N.D. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
