I use the HVAC cone method myself, with an extremely crude setup but it works quite well. I just use a neon sign transformer which is rated for 12.5KV AC at 300 milliamps (though in fact the average output is more like 4.8KV), a one gallon glass jar with a glass lid (from the container store online), and 14ga .9999 silver wire for electrodes. I use about a half-pint of my previous batch as starter and top the gallon jar off with distilled water. The transformer is plugged into a variac, so I can power it up slowly for safety. The trickiest part is to guard against arcing, but I've gotten pretty good at adjusting the electrodes every couple of hours to maintain the cone. The bottom electrode is about two feet long, and coiled at the bottom of the jar. This setup makes a gallon of good, clear CS in 20-24 hours. I don't have much faith in "PPM meters" or "EC meters", and calculation via Faraday's law is iffy unless you have perfectly controlled and tightly monitored current so I don't bother with those. I planned to early on, but then found this setup works fine with a little care and attention. Besides, I can tell what good CS tastes like (tastes like silver, of course) and that works fine for me.
I found some helpful information at http://www.silvermedicine.org/bob-berger-silver.html and at http://fugitt.com/cs_notes/ HTH, -- indi On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:42:15AM +0700, Pierre Genton wrote: > Hi all- > > Thanks for your comments on using the microwave components. I have tried a > few batches using the microwave electronics and fear I am ending up with > too large of particles. Even though I use only small electrodes now(wire) > I cannot imagine getting the electrodes big enough to reduce the current > density. I measured approx 300 ma of current. I would need an� electrode > about 100 times bigger than the one I now use.���� any suggestions ? > > �Has anyone here used just the microwave transformer alone for making HVAC > CS? > > Yesterday just for fun I tried a batch using 240 VAC . After some 20 hrs I > have a crystal clear CS at about� 8ppm. I have no idea what the quality is > but I am betting the particles are really tiny. The red laser pen shows a > fairly light beam through the solution. > > �Anybody have any comments on HVAC� and their favorite ways of making it ? > > thanks > � -- 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]>
