Hi Kevin, I believe Naturalamb is sold through many drug stores, including Rite-Aid which is one of the biggie chains like Longs - at least out here on the west coast. Probably Longs has them too, but I don't know. Don't wrap the cathode tightly in the condom; in fact you should use something non-reactive with lotsa holes like a plastic hair-curler to space the skin away from the cathode. The cathode should not come into contact with it since the current concentration might weaken or pierce the condom, (and you know what that could lead to!<g>) Regarding pots; our local hardware and nursery and everything else store has little ones, "two inch pots" and "three inch pots" I think they're pretty common - not very tall, though, maybe2 1/2 " to 3" high for the two inch. Did you ever live in the southwest? The "Olla" is a Big unglazed pot for the drinking water of the house; the water very slowly soaks out through the microscopic pores and evaporates, keeping the Olla and its water cool. Doesn't use much water, either. All of which has nothing to do with CS, really . . . . . To isolate the cathode just keep its area approximately equal to the anode's - it doesn't have to be the same shape, - and arrange things so all parts (or most) of anode and cathode are 'about' the same distance from each other - no pointy projections toward each other, though. I don't know if Ag+ particles or ions either can pass through clay pots; I suspect not. But the sheepgut - in condom form - is indeed safe. I just had to work that in, and it's true, too. Another idea that might be possible is to run the generating container vertically, with the silver anode at the bottom and the pot with cathode inside immersed almost to the rim above it (and solution, don't forget the DW and maybe a small shot of CS inside the pot! Or Condom!) . Take care, Malcolm
Kevin Nolan wrote: > Some interesting options there, Malcolm. 'Safe' electrolyzing using > sheep intestine condoms is something I will look into - is Naturalamb > readily available? As for unglazed plant pots; excuse the pun but it > sounds a little, well, 'potty.' I mean, how small and skinny do they > come? The smallest pot I have seen takes up an awful lot of space > inside most folks typical CS brewing container. Close wrapping the > cathode serves to restrict contact of Ag+ ions with the cathode, but > also frees the remaining space for Ag+/colloid generation. Please > indicate how you would arrange the pot. regards, Kevin Nolan
