Sorry. I guess I thought you could read my mind! LOL! :-) Yes, the first batch I made of CS had the slimy looking stuff in it. Not a whole lot of it, but since I had not made it before, I wasn't sure if it was ok! It was Wal Mart brand distilled water, and it seemed ok. Oh, and I have a Silver Puppy.
The problem with the RO unit is I thought the water at the tap (at the sink) was RO water, but it doesn't seem to be. I looked online at some pics of RO's with DI's and my setup is a bit different. The tube that goes to the RO tap at the sink is a bigger diameter and comes from a different place on the RO unit. The tube that I'm supposed to connect the DI unit to, goes to what I think is the fridge and not the tap. Doesn't seem right to me that it only goes to the fridge and not to the tap at the sink like the ones I saw online. I'd like to just put the DI in the line that I normally drink out of. Isn't it better to drink DI water? Is this not possible/recommended? Sorry for all the questions. I just want to do the right/best thing and since making CS is new to me, I don't know what the right/best thing is! Be patient with me! :-) Gina -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: CS>first batch, DI... was: water On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 18:51 -0700, Gina Moore wrote: > I just made my first batch of CS. I used store brand distilled water coz I > haven't hooked up my DI unit to my RO yet. It had this whitish stuff in it > - looks to be slimy, but haven't actually touched to see if it is. Is that > normal? Is this first batch not good? I'm not sure what you're asking; is the whitish slimy stuff something in the first batch of CS you made? If that's what you mean, the white stuff is probably silver oxide - if the water was good distilled. Silver oxide is not a problem, you can let it settle out to the bottom and pour the rest off, or not even worry about it. But I've no idea what kind of CS maker you have, so can't say anything really. . . As far as the D-I cartridge goes, it comes After the RO unit; so the water goes into the RO unit, comes out of the RO unit and goes into the D-I cartridge and after you let it run for a few minutes, like maybe 2 or 3, that's the water you want to use for making CS. Mine is set up so I have a little valve under the sink, so when I want water for CS I shut off the little valve where the RO water goes into it's storage tank, then open the valve that comes from the D-I cartridge and let the 'RO plus D-I' filtered water run into the container I'll make my CS in. That does take a little extra plastic tubing and stuff to set it up, but it's not something to describe over the net for a beginner to do, so get someone local who can understand what you're trying to do and who can set it up for you. Take care, Malcolm > > Also, I can't figure out how to hook up my DI. If anyone could help me I'd > appreciate it. The tubing that goes to my RO on my sink is not the same > size as the DI tubing. And the tubing that is the same seems to only go to > the fridge. Not sure why that is... I'm thinking I'm not getting RO even > out of my sink, which is all I drink! > > Any help is appreciated. > Gina > > -----Original Message----- > From: Malcolm [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 6:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>water > > Hi, > > Distilled water may or may not be "clean" of organics, since they may be > carried over with the steam; in fact this is a common method used to > separate organic compounds from each other and their mother liquids. > Reverse Osmosis also has shortcomings, in that a few dissolved mineral > salts can be pushed through the membrane "in solution", especially the > cheaper membranes. > > For RO water the way to go is to pass the water through a de-ionization > cartridge after the reverse osmosis. At that point you'll have Lab > quality water, about an order of magnitude (ten times) better than > anything you are likely to buy in a gallon jug in the grocery. > > Soo, de-ionization is not a treatment in itself, unless you just want > "soft" water, and distillation can be done well, or not-so-well. The > Only way to be sure is to test the water with something like a Hanna PWT > or the Com 100 water conductivity meters or their equivalent. > > An alternative might be to find a "compounding pharmacy" and buy pure > water from them. > > Take care, > Malcolm > > > On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 13:57 -1000, Smitty wrote: > > >Use distilled water only. Some "deionized" waters are ok, but for > > > you're purposes only use distilled. > > >Bob > > > > Thanks. . . .will do. . . . > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > >
