Great idea, and cheaper than bias tape Richard Theodore Corbett wrote:
> Hi all; > Just wondering how cotton shoe laces like the ones > used on tennis shoes would work for electrode bags? > Theodore > --- Kevin Nolan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all. Another report on trying to eliminate > > plate-out, inspired by a recent mailing to and from > > 'Ole Bob'. Some months ago I posted a speculation > > that wrapping a cathode in eg artificial chamois may > > dramatically reduce plate-out - because that would > > greatly reduce the amount of fresh fluid contacting > > the cathode surface. Since then Bob posted a comment > > about success using cotton bias tape wrapping - what > > is called 'bagging the electrode'. I have tried it > > using fairly thick cotton twill, wrapped twice > > around a stainless steel plate (40mm X 200mm > > section) and secured with small rubber bands. For > > everything else the same, current is reduced about > > 20% - from ~ 8.5mA to ~ 6.5mA owing to cotton wrap. > > The big improvement is a dramatic reduction in > > cathode plate-out, which is now just a thin, fairly > > adherent film that barely stains the cotton (only at > > the plate edges). No gunk fall out, no filtering, > > perfectly clear and sparkly free CS, with moderate > > levels of both tyndale and metallic taste. > > > > NOTE: This is using demineralised water to which > > citric acid was added, which dramatically boosts > > conductivity. It means the majority of charge > > carriers reaching the cathode and reducing there > > will be H+ ions, not Ag+. Not sure how effective > > wrapping would be using the traditional LVDC method > > - ie relying on residual impurities in DW to start > > things yields nearly all the positive ions in > > solution as Ag+. > > > > regards, Kevin Nolan > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > > -- > 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]>
