In a message dated 10/2/01 5:24:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> Distilled water has come to be the preferred medium so that so-called 
> unwanted
> compounds are not produced. It takes more time because it is almost a 
> perfect
> insulator to the current flow. Once the process starts though, the silver 
> ions
> lower the resistance to current as they build up in the solution.>>

Doesn't using a little of the "mother" CS added to the new batch, speed up 
the process a little?  Might be better than tap water.
Terri