"Another problem that may surface is using the carbon after-filter. When the water passes through it, some carbon will leach and contribute to making the water conductive. Remove it. That will help." Trem
That happened to me too. I now carbon-filter the RO water before feeding it to the still. James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Trem [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Measuring conductivity Re: distiller problems of herx. We had the same problem with some of the distillers we sold on our site. We were never able to determine what the problem was. I suspected it was from boiling the water too vigorously and entraining minerals allowing them to come over the helm. We discontinued selling them because of that problem. This was only a problem with about 10-15% of the units but it was unacceptable. Another problem that may surface is using the carbon after-filter. When the water passes through it, some carbon will leach and contribute to making the water conductive. Remove it. That will help. PWT's are the best way to measure your conductivity. They cost $44.50. Trem ----- Original Message ----- From: "herx" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:40 PM Subject: CS>Measuring conductivity > Hello list, I need advice on measuring the conductivity of water. > > I recently bought a used water distiller, and the starting current for CS > is 20%-50% higher than it was previously with store-bought distilled > water, with all other factors being equal. The logical conclusion is > that my Kenmore (mfg by Ecowater) distilled water is of lesser quality > than the DW I get from the grocery store. Current is still MUCH lower > than with tap water, so I know the distiller is doing something. But is > it enough? > > I ran one gallon through the distiller twice to see if there was a > difference, but it resulted in roughly the same initial current as a > gallon that had been distilled only once. I'll have to repeat this > experiment a few times to see if any pattern develops. > > I'd like to measure the conductivity of water from both sources to > compare quality. I've read on this list that conductivity should be 2uS > or less to be suitable for making CS. Is there a way I can calculate > conductivity using my simple 7-function digital multimeter? I don't want > to blow $50-$100 on a PWT tester. > > I have enough trouble getting a simple resistance reading of my circuit > through the DW - the readout never holds still and jumps over a wide > range of values; maybe I'm doing it wrong. But I can still calculate > resistance by dividing voltage by current (is that right? I think I saw > Ivan post to that effect a few weeks ago). Any advice will be appreciated > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.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]> > > >
