First of all, you need the purest silver wire that you can find.  At least 
9999.  Then you need some method of determining whether or not the water you 
are using is pure distilled water.  Then you need a way to check and see if you 
have made an adequate strength of colloidal silver.  You also need some way to 
determine whether or not you're done.  I believe  that I have designed a 
generator that sells for less than $30.00 and will do all this.  Have a look at 
how it operates here:

http://www.atlasnova.com/csginst.pdf

Comments are welcome.