Well, here's another take on it. And I don't mean to tread on anyones toes,
just stating my opinion.
I personally don't subscribe to the reverse polarity business. It's fine for
those who prefer to set and forget, but every time that polarity is
automatically reversed, whatever hydroxides blah blah that appears on the
electrode will be removed {blown off} from that electrode - and where does that
stuff end up? it remains in the water, in whatever form, and probly ends up
laying on the surface of the water or on the bottom of the storage vessel which
means one will have to either decant or filter it out. If I'm wrong here, then
I am sure someone will state as much quick enough, but then that's why we are
here is it not - opinion exchange.
I would not want to see 'whiskers' of *any* shape or size appearing on any of
my electrodes - other than the normal discolouration as a result of the brewing
process. I prefer to remove my electrodes from the water at regular timed
intervals and wipe them clean before resubmerging them, thus minimising any of
those 'undesirables?' from remaining in the water.
I don't have a need or desire to aim for ion content above the norm, others may
for whatever reason, but I don't, that's a 'choice' thing.
If one chooses to aim for 'x' ion content over and above the 'norm?', then
that's fine, but for most, all they want is a good quality home produced
solution, and produced using simple means and methods.
The one thing I do agree with here, is swapping the electrodes to give even
wear on both electrodes rather than pulling silver off just one all the time.
Each to his/her own, this is mine.
I spose I'd better add a disclaimer: Purely my take and opinion on the subject.
Oh, and welcome to the List <g>.
N.
> From: mrmon...@pstca.com
> To: silver-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: CS>Keeping the same polarity rods
> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 08:20:47 -0400
>
> Thomas Soares <thomas.tschoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >Greetings.
> >
> >As a beginner i have yet some newbie doubts... After some reading one can
> >find opposite directions about the inversion or not of the electrical
> >polarity applied on the silver rods.
> >Sometimes the suggestion is to keep the positive and the negative always in
> >the same rods. Other times the indication is to switch polarities each new
> >batch of CS production.
> >
> >What is the indication in this list ?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >Thomas TS.
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Welcome to the list!
>
> If you are running the fairly high current densities that are used in
> conventional cs generators, you can swap the polarity for each new batch.
> This will equalize the wear on the electrodes and give the longest life.
>
> If you are running at lower current that does not produce silver hydroxide,
> and you have u-shaped electrodes at least 3/4 inch across the bottom, you
> can wait until tiny whiskers grow on the cathode electrode and reach a
> length of about 1/8 inch.
>
> Then swap the polarity and continue brewing until the whiskers disappear
> from the first electrode and start to appear on the opposite electrode.
> When they again reach about 1/8 inch, terminate the brew and pour the cs
> into your storage jar. I prefer the PETE bottles used in the Dasani and
> Aquifina deionized/demineralized water. These have the least amount of
> leaching from the plastic.
>
> Following this procedure will give a much higher silver ion concentration
> since the process does not make silver hydroxide, which forces you to
> terminate the brew early. You can continue brewing for a much longer time
> and gain the benefit of a much more potent brew. For example, the
> SilverCell process will easily reach 35uS to 37uS, and may decrease to 31uS
> to 32uS after the brew has been placed in storage. A conventional brew will
> be very hard to reach 18uS or higher, and most likely will be around 10uS
> to 12uS.
>
