On 18 May 98 at 18:15, Sean wrote: > As one who can't wait to get started, I decided to jerry rig a CS > generator.
>From the sound of it you went first class! > This is what I used: > Store bought distilled water by steam method > three 9v batteries in series (27v) > 2 - 5 inch .999 silver rods > 2 - 12v .075 amp light bulb connected in series Ya might try finding some .040 (+ or - a few) amp bulbs instead. The one's you've got won't really start to limit the current until it's already way too high. > rods were in the water about 1 inch You probably want to put at least a couple or three inches in the water. Did you have too tall of a glass and try to make only 8 oz? Use whatever size glass or jar you've got, immerse all the electrode you can without putting the connections in the water. You could run them a little closer together as well. I use 3/4 inch, others use 1/2" or even less. 1 inch will work, but takes longer. > At the end of the run, the portion of the rod in that water turned > gray/black. One of the rods had a stream coming off the bottom and > very small bubbles were around the rod. I could not detect a color > to the water. You got all the signs, just probably didn't get more than a few ppm because so little of the electrodes were immersed. Starting from pure water at room temp with 3" immersed and 3/4" spacing, it would take me *over* an hour to make 10 ppm. So you probably made less. It's still good. You'd just have to take more. > Well, did I make CS or not? What can I do to improve it? If you get more electrode wet and run it longer, you'll probably see a light straw or golden color. Make some kind of holder you can put across the top of the glass or jar to keep the electrodes a uniform distance apart and away from the sides. A stick of wood with a couple of small holes in it would work. Make the holes a tight fit to the electrodes and push them through. Get a meter that reads milliamps and put it in series. Run it until it reaches the same current level each time and you'll get close to the same ppm from one run to the next. Once you're pretty sure you've got a decent product, send some out to be tested at an environmental lab. Get them to tell you the ppm of silver in your water. You're there already, Sean! These are just a few things that'll make it easier to know what you've got going on. Keep us up to date! Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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]>
