There are PVC parts available that use rubber compression rings to seal around smaller diameter pipes. A system of these parts to circulate cool tap water around a thin glass tube may be an improvement over an air cooled copper coil. Ken
At 12:45 PM 9/15/00 -0700, you wrote: >Some very good thinking there Carol. Thanks. pj > >Carol Webb wrote: >> >> Dear pj, >> Some trial and error. >> Start with a pressure cooker and adapt the >> nipple to fit a copper joining pipe, and then >> carry this right through to a copper coil. Copper >> isn't ideal, as it can leach into the water, but this >> doesn't happen while the steam is creating >> pressure. When you finish distilling suck the >> pipe clear, and then spit out the water, don't let it >> stand or it will contaminate the next batch. We >> are still looking for an affordable stainless steel >> coil, and any rubber has drastic results. >> >> When you are experimenting with water, it's best >> to use an analogue multi-metre. The digital ones >> instantly blow a fuse if your measurement goes >> off the scale. Analogue ones do eventually if you >> keep doing it, but tend to be more resilient. >> >> It's brewed a lovely clear batch of CS, which >> tastes a tiny bit different from bought water, but >> nothing that we can't live with. >> >> You can run through a water filter (Kenwood or >> Britta) at the end, but I didn't find it made any >> difference. As I started with tap water which is >> OK to drink anyway, I wasn't too bothered about >> this. >> >> What you get left in the bottom of the boiling pan >> looks as if it will grow legs and walk away. This >> is what we are drinking and considered to be >> pure. I expect it's the chlorine that kills the bugs! >> >> On 15 Sep 2000, at 8:24, Henry Reed wrote: >> >> > Carol, how did you get it so pure? pj >> > >> > Carol Webb wrote: >> > > >> > > Hi List, >> > > We have successfully distilled water to .3mA, >> > > and it looks and behaves like bought water. Not >> > > of much interest to USA people I know, but it >> > > has to be better than paying nearly £4.00 a >> > > gallon. >> > > Blessings >> > > Carol >> > > >> > > -- >> > > 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] >> > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >> > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >> > >> >> Love and Light >> Carol > > >
