Trem: Could you please tell me the specification for the IC (or chip) that is used for current regulation? Some time ago -- I don't know if it was you -- someone posted the information but unfortunately I have missplaced it. Thanks and best regards,
Art ----- Original Message ----- From: Trem Williams <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:26 AM Subject: Re: CS>Re: Current regulator > Hello James, > > I'll do my best to answer your questions. Over the period of time I was > designing our generator, I tried different combinations of voltage, current, > silver electrode size, water temperature, water quantity and electrode > spacing. I noticed right off that if I used a constant voltage source, the > colloid was never consistent. By that I mean it was sometimes yellow, > muddy, dark, brown or gray. I noticed that all the previous variables > affected the end product. About that time I decided the variables would > have to be eliminated to make a consistent colloid. It turned out there > were too many variables to juggle. I then thought that perhaps a constant > current source would help by not allowing current to rise so rapidly as when > using the constant voltage source. I still had occasional problems however. > I was still using silver wire. It was about that time I tried using silver > with more surface area and that was when the colloid became more consistent. > It was obvious to me that lower current density was one of the great secrets > to consistency and uniformity. So I began to make it with the same > electrode material we now provide with our generators. It is 1/4" wide X > 5" long. Wetted depth is about 4 inches. The surface area of our > electrodes is about 2.5 times that of 14 Ga. wire. That made a major > difference in the end product. It worked quite well but there still seemed > to be times when it wasn't as consistent as I thought it should be so I > began to experiment with different current settings. After many > experiments, I settled on 1 milliampere as being the best compromise. The > current density was low enough that I had little fallout and the colloid was > the same every time. It would turn yellow overnight every time and I had no > longer had any problems with spacing or temperature or timing. > > So, as you can see I am not an expert but I do have some expertise. I can > categorically state from my own experiences that one cannot control a > constant voltage source and small gauge silver wires and the spacing > consistently enough to make a product as uniform as when using a constant > LOW current source and large surface are electrodes. > > As I state in our web page, running a constant voltage generator is like > driving an automobile with the gas pedal stuck to the floorboard. It will > run away with you. You end up with large particles. I quote you from the > message below. > > >When making colloidal silver, the only time you have to worry about large > > particle size is when you are letting the process run to long. > > You know I am right as does anyone who uses constant voltage generators. > The current begins to rapidly rise as the silver is deposited in the water. > Your voltage, timing, spacing, wetted surface and water temperature all > affect the end product. And not to its benefit. > > I am NOT saying a few batteries and a couple of pieces of silver wire > doesn't work. I am saying it doesn't work as well as what I provide. And > that's the end of that story. Constant current IS better. SO is larger > surface area electrodes. > > Back to you. > > > Trem > [email protected] > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Vernon, Allison <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 9:50 AM > Subject: Re: CS>Re: Current regulator > > > > > I'm just trying to clarify so that I may understand. You manufacture a > > colloidal silver generator with a proprietary circuit and you're not an > > expert? > > > > You say that your current regulator limits the current to 1 milliampere. > > How did you come to the conclusion that 1 milliampere is the best current > to > > use? If I run 3 9volt batteries to silver to pure distilled water for 30 > > minutes, with the silver spaced 3/4 inches apart and a wetted depth of 3 > and > > a half inches, are you implying that my CS won't be of uniform small > > particle size with little or no fallout? > > > > In my humble opinion, a regulator will only do you good if you have a > habit > > of forgetting the time and letting your process run for to long. When > > making colloidal silver, the only time you have to worry about large > > particle size is when you are letting the process run to long. If you > know > > how to tell time, and have a watch or a clock, then you do not need a > > current regulator. > > > > As I stated, the above paragraph is only an opinion, but if it is wrong, > > then please direct me to an expert who can educate me. > > > > Yours in health, > > > > James Vernon, Allison > > > > > > > > -- > > 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]> > > > > > > > > > -- > 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]> > -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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