"Jonathan B. Britten" <[email protected]> wrote: > Any success in creating a very simple, very low-cost system would > be of great value worldwide, especially if the current high price > of sliver (probably speculative) passes away and the metal goes > back to under ten dollars per ounce.
> SOTA Instruments once sold a relatively low-cost pulser/generator > but discontinued it due to some problems with the sealed > electronic enclosure. Even this device was about 50 dollars, > pricing it out of the market of people who need it most, some of > whom live in a dollar or two per day. > Mike's idea of putting everything in the public domain is > wonderful, because it would enable volunteer groups in many > countries to assemble inexpensive units to sell at costs local > people in many countries could handle. Because many are in "the > global south," as they say, a cheap solar chip could supplement or > replace the 9V battery. This has great potential. > Some researchers have made inexpensive "solar still" designs, and > if links to these were published along with the other information, > it would be helpful. Hi Jonathan, Good to hear from you again! One significant advantage of the SilverCell process is it uses a minimum of the consumables. The silver electrodes are short length of 12 ga 0.999 fine silver, and they will last a long time. Due to the use of sublingual absorption, only a small amount of cs is used for each dose. Instead of 250ml, only about 50 ml is used. The cs is not ingested, but is expelled after about 12 minutes. So the requirement for distilled water is only 20% of the amount needed in conventional cs systems. The current requirement is very low. I calculate that a 9 Volt alkaline should last for about 110 brews of 400ml each. This works out to around 2 years for one person, and it breaks down to a very small cost per dose. Also, the SilverCell can use discarded batteries that are too weak to drive boom boxes. There is a plentiful supply of these, so there should be no problem getting batteries to make cs. The main problem will be getting good quality distilled water. Perhaps we could develop a solar still that might deliver a high enough quality to work. After all, what does a distiller need? Heat. What does the sun give? Heat. Maybe a simple mirror to focus the energy, and some low leaching materials to conduct the water and vapor as required. If you have any information on people who may have already done this, please let me know. Best Regards, Mike Monett SilverCell -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
