Auto off calibration uses electrode surface area as one of the factors...the other is distance apart, so they also need to be at least 'eyeball' parallel so no part is closer than any other part. Water should be as high as you can get it without actually touching the electrode sockets.
ode On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:17 PM Rowena <[email protected]> wrote: > On the photo > https://silverpuppy.com/product/products/silver-9-cs-generator the water > level is visible; would this be useful to you in deciding how much > distilled water to use? I see the description says the very interesting > rounded shape means you lose less silver from the rods, which would be > great, and also that there is no need for a stirrer. So the water in > your jar would not be bubbling and leaping above the water level - so > why not take it up as high as you can so you make any wear to the silver > rods even more even? > > I don't have a Silver Puppy, mine is more primitive, and I have just > been given a second one, old but unused, with another four silver rods, > so I'm well supplied. > > My rods are just the plain square stick kind; I am using a pair with > less 'wear' than my original rods, but the first set would also be quite > usable and maybe I should go back to them to use them up in > chronological order. If I had continued making CS after I ran out of my > original big bottle of DW using the first pair of rods, I imagine they > would have worn away to little stumps like those I saw when I picked up > my generator years ago in South Perth. A lady had been using her > generator so long the rods weren't really usable any more, and she had > come to pick up some new rods. > > A couple I had been making CS for bought me a pair of new rods and also > an aquarium bubbler, so I still use that to mix the water and stop > silver 'icicles' forming. You likely would not have that worry. The > bubbles burst and send water upwards on to the underside of the metal > lid, so I don't have the water level quite as high as I likely could; I > am wondering whether to stop using the bubbler, as the noise seems to > reverberate through the house from the workbench. > > So my reply would be to fill the jar as high as you can without losing > any over the edge. > > I am now able to get DW in much smaller and more manageable bottles > ("Refresh" brand, Perth, Western Australia) so the problem of managing > the huge drinking fountain bottles no longer exists. Also, I don't have > to make the long trip to the HFS to buy it and return the empty bottle, > but pick it up at my local grocery store. So I am in production again. > > If you have the water level low, the silver above the level won't get > worn away, so you would be wasting that much silver. You want the silver > in the water, not staying pristine above the water level. > > All the best with your endeavours. Even if you are still uncertain, make > it anyway, high level or low. But you will make it at the highest level > you can, I'm sure. > > By the way, this couple had been told the yellow product was the best, > so they asked me to make it so it was yellow. To do that I had to run it > for many hours. I told them it wasn't necessary, but it was a long time > before they heard a different story and said they would like it clear, > after all. > > Rowena > > > On 13/03/2020 10:53 pm, Da Darrin wrote: > > I don't know how high or low the water level should be. > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
