They work, but most use tap or salt water and wind up with a soluble
metal hydroxide as the alkaline part vs OH[-] ions which a CS gen makes by
default along with the silver ions.
Much cheaper to put a few crystals of Draino in a glass of water.
No reason to not keep the Ag[+] and OH[-] {"Alkaline water"} apart that I
know of.
Ode
At 08:09 PM 5/14/2012 -0700, you wrote:
Do DIY alkalizers like this really work?
<http://www.instructables.com/id/Water-Alkalizer-or-Ioniser-for-5/?ALLSTEPS>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.
Also, if one used silver electrodes instead, and distilled water, and
removed the sponge in the middle, what would be the result? (assuming
suitable parts to avoid significant contamination were available). The
sponge is presumably to prevent the remixing of the water on either
side. But that would destroy any possibility of getting abundant silver
ions.
David
