Fred....What is your web address....Bill Fred wrote:
> This "meter discussion" is getting a little wild! I waited 24 hours, > to cool down, so here is my "calm" reply! > > You have a need to meter "to know what the hell you are drinking"! > > Slamming anything but a back yard modified multimeter (which the > "educated" admit means almost nothing to them) is not a lucid > discussion or of any benefit to anyone! And since when did science > become unable to measure the PPM of colloidal silver - did the > presence of ions, dissolved solids, etc. cease effecting conductivity? > > To be technical, PPM is a stupid measure of "PPM by weight", and > why so many false claims are not false - it is a measure by weight! > Drop a dime in your jar and you got 50PPM, no battery, no wires no > magic - parts by weight! That is why it is important to measure TDS > (total dissolved solids) - now, don't try to tell me an ion of silver is not > a solid (not dissolved, but certainly a solid and effects the conductivity)! > By the way, lets get one thing clear - most of you are not making a > colloid of silver! Use lousy water and you make compounds of silver! > These are dissolved, absolutely not a colloid!!! > > Yes, the Hanna TDS-1 and its knockoff are of small technical value! > But, wouldn't it be nice to dip it in and see if your distilled water is > really as bad as you can get and all you can make is large molecule > silver compounds? We do remember that the smallest silver particle > is the ion and if your water is pure it stays as a free ion in the water - > the most reactive form of silver, the most bio-available and the most > stable (like charges repel - they can not join together!). > > Sure, if you use a back yard battery project, you may be making silver > crystals! It is very simple though, if the water is good and you got color, > you got crystals! If the water is lousy, you get color and compounds of > silver - no free ions (sob) and no crystals (great) but no potentency > against most virus (oops)! > > That brings up the heated blasts of it "being a ripoff if it costs over > $40". Well, may God be kind if your health has a value limit of $40! > > Some Facts: > A TDS-1 meter (Hanna or knockoff) has a range of 0-999 PPM > and an accuracy of +-2% or +-20PPM. Pretty useless to measure or > certify 5PPM. They also need a correction for the microseimens/PPM > conversion, as calibration is usually based on CACO3 with 2us/cm > equal to 1PPM while colloidal silver uses 1.6us/cm equal to 1PPM. > (An introduced error of 20%, but if all you make are silver compounds > it will be pretty close)! > > A smarter choice is the pure water tester with a range of 0-99 us/cm > (0-61PPM) or worse case error of +-2us/cm (1.2PPM). About $50 but > sadly, that may be a ripoff to most ears out there! > > You are a great person because you give away gallons of your sludge?? > Just who are you helping - your saving grace is that any form of silver > has some benefits. If you wish to be technically correct and accurate you > must buy the 4 ring potentiometric type for about $140, but then that is > surely a "ripoff" because it is over $40. Damn the body, save the pennies! > > Pissed, Yes! What is the benefit of using a freely provided forum, designed > to educate and help those interested in their health, if it becomes the soap > box for hate! I checked the "Hanna knockoff" site and see nothing wrong and > in fact if their claim of "temperature compensated" refers to the solution > under > test, they have the best bargain I have seen this month. I hope they go after > anyone that tries to slander them! > > By the way, I have no relationship with Hanna or their "ripoff?", but I do > sell a > colloidal silver generator which is "my ripoff at $295", but it includes a > built-in > PPM meter (TDS) and other features no other units have! The funny thing is > that > many customers come back and buy more units - is that a double rippoff? > > Cordially, Fred Peschel > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
