Have you tried touching the silver wires together while connected to the 
batteries?  There will be the slightest spark at the tips if all the 
connections and batteries are good.

On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Debbie Phelps <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have no tester or current control.  I use 3-9Volt batteries in series, 
> connected to silver wires and put them into the jar.  I just bought new wires 
> and put the old alligator clips on them, plus new batteries.  The last thing 
> I can think of is maybe, like you say, it is a bad batch of water.  Again, I 
> have no tester, so I will just go get another gallon of distilled water and 
> give it another try.  Hope that will be the key.  If it is the water, would 
> it still do nothing?   I'll have to get a ppm tester.
> Thanks, everyone for your suggestions.  I'll let you know how it goes after I 
> try it again.
> 
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:17 PM, James McDonald <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Is there any current control?
>  sometimes the DW has a bad batch