Excellent find Renee. Thanks for that info. Yes, that is certainly a reasonable markup. I think he probably deserves it.
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Renee <gaiac...@gmail.com> wrote: > You always have to have something in the middle to keep the flow of > water ‘out’ of the other container. Some use sponges, some use pure cotton > wadded up, some use chamois cloth. Since one container is acid and one > alkaline water, if they were to flow across and mix freely you wouldn’t > have acid or alkaline—it may easily be neutral. But you do need something > that allows the current to flow across—hence the filter in between.**** > > ** ** > > There’s some good videos on making your own alkalizer, one place where you > can buy a nice looking set up for around $150 but all of these suggest > stainless steel or titanium. Titanium is actually better, but according to > this site**** > > > http://www.freshandalive.com/fresh_and_alive_content/products-ionizer-fna-2g.htm > you should really get platinum coated titanium, which can be hard to > source. He shows a vid of ‘plain’ titanium being etched away by this > electric process.**** > > ** ** > > The image he shows of the titanium in the vid is a long half-pipe looking > piece, yet the close up on his actually for-sale machine looks like a > little one inch piece. I wrote him asking about this discrepancy and he > said the long pipe was to show how much the titanium got eaten away along > the edges, and that the coated small piece will NEVER wear out—because I > had asked him about replacement times. **** > > ** ** > > So it would seem to me that for the money from his site you’d actually be > getting the best device, plus I’m thinking you could use these coated > titanium pieces and the electric plug for making a foot bath device. Yeah, > you’d have to clean the electrodes VERY good, but—since the coated > electrodes never wear out you’d be getting 2 devices for pretty much one > price. For the foot baths all you’d need to buy would be 2 plastic shoe > boxes. Seems like a good deal. **** > > ** ** > > Supposedly the cost for his unit is because of the coated titanium. I > think this may be true because as I searched around for a supply for the > coated titanium all I could find was 1 inch pieces (which is what his looks > like) at $65 each—so that’s 130 just in the titanium. So less than a > hundred for the containers, the plug in and the cotton wad filter. You > could probably find these things for cheaper, but if someone didn’t want to > mess gathering parts from all over his is the best deal out there. The > $150 one uses titanium, if I remember right, but it’s not coated and > eventually you’ll have to replace the electrodes. **** > > ** ** > > Samala,**** > > Renee**** > > ** ** > > *From:* David AuBuchon [mailto:aubuchon.da...@gmail.com] > > **** > > Do DIY alkalizers like this really work? > http://www.instructables.com/id/Water-Alkalizer-or-Ioniser-for-5/?ALLSTEPS > > Sounds like a big money saver over commerical products. Assuming they > have value to begin with. > > > **** >
