Thanks! Will do! L
On Jul 16, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Ode Coyote wrote:
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> Do The "Water Test" in the instructions
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> Home distilled water is iffy and home distillers need maintenance like any
> other.
> Try some store bought DW and compare?
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> Ode
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> At 11:22 AM 7/16/2012 -0400, you wrote:
>> Hi Ode,
>> Recently, my Silver Puppy has been turning off early. I have it with the
>> 'ears' angled out as always, and it cycles through red and green as it
>> always does, but it stops early. The electrodes are always cleaned after
>> each batch; I make sure they're parallel to each other, I use my own
>> distilled water, and can only think that perhaps some sort of plating has
>> happened to the glass I do this in. (Same glass, 1qt, for a couple years)
>> Once before, it got a metallic luster to it, so I soaked it in Efferdent
>> which is great for cleaning antique bottles. I even cleaned out the little
>> tube that holds the magnetic stirrer. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
>> What do you recommend for cleaning the glass?
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Be well,
>> Léna
>> On Jul 16, 2012, at 6:36 AM, Ode Coyote wrote:
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>>>
>>> The red/green shift is to show that the direction of the current has
>>> switched and it happens every few minutes.
>>> If you only look at it now and then, the odds are 50/50 that you will see
>>> the same color.
>>> It has NOTHING to do with PPM.
>>>
>>> When the LED turns OFF, the batch is done.
>>> A gallon might take 24 hours...or more.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>> At 07:22 PM 7/15/2012 -0700, you wrote:
>>>> Hi Ken,
>>>>
>>>> Just want to ask, i own a silver puppy, when i set a gallon of distilled
>>>> water to brew, its light turns green. After around four + hours it turns
>>>> red, when i check the ppm it is only 3.5ppm (water before brewing is
>>>> 1.5ppm). So in all that time i only made 2ppm? Then i shut it off, and
>>>> when i restart it, it turns green again. The setting is always at
>>>> manual-auto. Is this a normal occurence in brewing one gallon? How long
>>>> should a one gallon normally brew?
>>>>
>>>> BTW, the electrodes are super clean and so with the jar and round plastic
>>>> for distance.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Melly
