Hi Fred, At 10:50 AM 4/2/98 -0500, you wrote:> >I have a few questions about his design: > - He uses two diodes to get pulsed DC - why not use a bridge rectifier and > get constant DC voltage? (I have a bunch of bridge rectifiers.)
A bridge rectifier does not really produce constant DC voltage. It is still a type of pulsed DC. Check on an oscilloscope. > - Is higher voltage really better? (I have a bunch of transformers, > 120 VAC to 14 VAC, 120 VAC to 24 VAC, 120 VAC to 36 VAC, and I want > to use the 'best' one.) Not sure. I did the bridge rectifier thing with 220 volt AC and made a batch of CS. You get a *massive* build up on the negative electrode. The process seemed a bit violent to me. My stuff was still light yellow with big Tyndall effect. Have to analyse the CS though. Undecided. >I will be adding a fuse to my circuit (I'd rather blow a little fuse >in my generator than a fuse in my electrical panel). I put a normal 60 watt ac light bulb in series with a input wire (before the bridge). If you have an accidental short due to electrodes touching or a crystal bridge forming, you won't blow. The light turns on. With this high dc voltage I had lots of shorts due to crystal bridges forming between the electrodes. >Is there any reason to (or not to) put in a switch that changes the >positive/negative outputs? Would periodically switching this >(when the generator is on) decrease the amount of sludge builtup on >any one silver wire? I've heard it helps. Regards, Christian --------- Christian von Wechmar Stellenbosch, South Africa --------- -- 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]>
