There seems to be an optimal conductivity.  Too-pure produces very low yield.  
The ideal is probably related to the generator type. 
James Osbourne Holmes
[email protected]


-----Original Message-----
From:   Steve King [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:   Saturday, October 30, 1999 4:25 PM
To:     [email protected]
Subject:        Re: CS>CS>Water quality a main determinant of cs generation 
result

I would like to agree that water quality
is absolutely key. I thought I had good
water but it wasn't until I bought a
water meter that I found that there is
a huge range of purity even in steam
distilled water. The meter I'm using now
is the Hanna PWT that measures
in 0 -100 uS, which can be converted
to PPM.  A lot of the so called pure
water I was buying was over 10uS,
which produces a slightly cloudy
CS. Commercial distillers often use
salt to pre-condition input water so as
to reduce mineral scaling on their
distilling equipment. Some of this
salt may be getting through along
with volatile gas born contaminants,
etc.  The salt may be interacting
with the colloid process.

Now what I do is buy distilled water
and distill it again myself. The final
product is water with a conductivity
of around .5 uS, which is well under
1ppm. And I have to say it makes 
a big difference even just subjectively
in the quality of the CS.  No cloudy
colour, no residue or sediment, no
Tyndall. The only way I can actually
tell that I've made CS is by measuring
the sol afterwards with the PWT.
It's usually around 20 - 25 uS. 

This may all be overkill for certain
low dose and topical applications of
CS. But for ongoing and therapeutic
dose levels and maximum cellular
level effectiveness, it seems that
knowing water purity can help.
I now that previous posts from Brooks
and other lab-oriented listers bears
this out. 

cheers then,

Steve King


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