It always runs at a fixed max current of 1 milliamp tailored to the surface area of the electrodes in order to prevent the formation of a super saturation zone at the surface of the electrodes [The Nernst Diffusion layer]
In order to get to that max current, the medium has to be at around 10 uS [microsiemens per cubic centimeter] conductivity. [still under supersaturation] The addition of silver ions makes the medium more conductive till that 10 uS is reached, then the programmed mode kicks in using time as the variable since a constant current will produce a constant number of ions, therefore, once current has ramped up to the point that is is a constant the Faraday equations then only have one variable, that being time...and you tell the generator how long to run, adding to the conductivity referenced 10 uS [ essentially 10 PPM in that range] in a predictable manner. Super saturation forces ions to form uncharged particulates using anything they can find, usually dissolved oxygen making silver oxides which will make a batch appear yellow, and/or they will react with any contaminant present. Making ionic silver quick requires a LOT of electrode surface area and since silver is soft, mounting all that becomes an engineering problem requiring electrode arrays [ a forest of electrodes] which have to be wired up and properly spaced and stabilized in position....very difficult for the average person. Huge electrode replacement difficulties as well. The SilverPuppy does the same thing that the "silver edge POS does..only, the silver edge has no relevant control of current at 40 milliamps [achieved with a 2 cent resistor vs the transistor feedback monitoring the Silver 9 uses] which is only useful for preventing fires should you short out the electrodes. It is not predictable and will 'run-away' on an acceleration curve...the only thing that makes it work as well as it does is a stream of bubbles acting as insulators interfering with current flow... but anything in the air goes into the water with those bubbles. The silver edge is also DC output, so electrode deposits will build up if the bubbles don't just blow them off into the water. The Silver 9 uses SWAP technology [ Yea, sales speak BS, but it does actually mean something and does something very useful ] S.W.A.P stands for square wave alternating polarity..with a five minute cycle time turning almost all of the waste created by DC units [silver oxide and silver hydroxide] back into ions saving a lot of silver so the electrode last a whole lot longer. I would not make ionic silver in anything but the purest of water. Contaminants of any kind makes results unpredictable and the process while adding electro chemical electron transporters [ie: while under power] makes everything that much more unstable and reactive. But, you can do anything you want to...it won't hurt the generator and if you like it? Why the heck not? If not, toss it and do something else. Nothing 'migrates' in a gel...making silver in semi solid medium probably won't work at all Info: https://silverpuppy.com/article/what-do-colloidal-silver-generators-really-do https://silverpuppy.com/article/the-problem-with-using-meters On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Jerry Durand <jdur...@interstellar.com> wrote: > I'm not Ode, but the SilverPuppy runs in constant current mode. If I > remember right it's 1mA. > > On 09/19/2016 06:20 PM, bobLists wrote: > > hi Ode........ > > will your current silver puppy 9 run manually at a fixed known current if > desired? > > if it can be switched to that mode it can be used to make nanoparticles, > stabilized and capped, using "green synthesis" if you like with stuff like > turmeric, olive leaf, green tea extracts and lecithin or gelatin. and can > make known ppm w' calculations and careful timing, right? > > people are wanting to be able to make ionic quick and unattended, and also > to make NP's when desired. at least that's what i'm training people to > get into in FB conversations. > > the silver-edge can do either.... chintzy hyped POS that it is... > > thanks, bobL > > > -- > Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.www.interstellar.com > tel: +1 408 356-3886 > >
