Better to use a cold air humidifier with CSW. John
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM, sol <[email protected]> wrote: > Because the silver will distill out. Steam humidifiers are similar to steam > distillers, except with no provision to collect the distilled steam and > condense it back into water. Silver is left behind, just as are other ions > and particles. This is just basic science of distilling, some volatiles will > transfer in the steam, but silver is not a volatile, neither are salts. This > is why scale builds up in such humidifiers--it is the stuff that is left > behind that is not contained in the steam. > As to keeping the water free of bacteria, silver is used for that many > places world wide. Dentist offices, in the space shuttles I'm told, and so > forth. > sol > > > At 09:18 AM 1/19/2010, you wrote: > >> How do you know this >> >> In a message dated 1/13/2010 12:47:42 A.M. Central Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> It is safe and will keep the tank water clean, but the silver does >> not pass into the steam but is left behind in the tank. >> >> sol >> >> > >> >Last night I put a simple $20 steam humidifier in his room and added >> >about 8 oz of colloidal silver to the water. He seems much better >> >this morning. I was just wondering if this is safe....to add >> >colloidal silver to tap water in a steamer? >> >> > > -- > 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]> > >
