Arnold wrote: > This is not a good idea. Nothing but pure silver should enter the > vessel. Alligator clips contain a number of metals and are > sometimes coated with cadmium.
Whereas Dottie had written: > ... I'm assuming they will set down in the water all but about > 1/4". ... I was planning on attaching them with aligator clips to the > sides of the glass container. It looks like Dottie had this precaution in mind already. You can't be too careful, though, so no harm in pointing it out, for the sake of the lurkers if nothing else. Dottie, I put a stirring motor on my unit about a month back, finally. It definitely cuts down on the accumulation of stuff on the electrodes, and the tyndall effect is reduced, suggesting smaller particles. It takes a lot longer to get to the same current level than before, so it's obvious the stirrer is breaking up the conductive path in the space between the electrodes. (Instead of active current limiting, I'm just using a resistor.) All said, it's not hard to do and definitely makes a diffference. Brooks comments about attaching the pure silver coins to silver wire by welding seems to be a good idea, if you're game to experiment until you get the technique down right. In essence you're just gas welding, literally melting a puddle in the metal that fuses the pieces together. Brooks, did you use an oxygen/MAP setup, or just the MAP gas in a miniature torch of some kind? (Both kinds of setup are available in any decent hardware store.) Perhaps a local jeweler could be persuaded to fuse them for you? You'd just have to make sure they understood you do not want any solder used. Lastly, Dottie, I think a trip to the hardward store would get you a 4 or 5 inch square piece of 1/4" thick plexiglass. Just ask 'em to cut you off a chunk from a piece of scrap. It's in the same place where they've got window glass. It makes a good base for mounting your motor and electrodes. You can just set it on top of the glass or jar. One trick that makes things *much* easier, is if you use numbered drill bits so you can make holes *exactly* the size they need to be for a press fit. In any case, if you take things one step at a time, I have a hunch you'll surprise yourself just how much of this you can do. You certainly have all of us to fall back on for support. I'm pleased to hear you're willing to experiment. Impressive! <grin> Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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]>
