Good question. I developed a firm opinion about this, after noticing that if voltage, water quality, and brewing time are equal, the CS becomes increasingly weaker--at an increasing rate of increase--as the rods erode. This is obviously due to round wire'a losing surface area, especially in advanced stages of erosion.
This is why I recently inquired about Maple Leaf coins & other "silver rounds" that are .9999 purity: The obvious answer is to use FLAT electrodes, where the edge is an insignificant potion of the total area. As long as the electrodes are perfectly parallel, nearly equal surface should be exposed when the electrodes have worn down to FOIL strips as when they were new and thicker. Suppliers like www.monsterslayer.com should have pure silver in any shape necessary. Of course, the problem can be addressed electronically, too, by running the batch until a given current is reached. I have a circuit that does this--makes batches of a equal concentration regardless of electrode configuration, batch size (peanut butter jar to swimming pool) or input voltage (battery, solar panel, phone line, power converter). I'm not sure, but it seems that the other electronic approach--running at constant current for a fixed time period--might also benefit from flat electrodes because if round wire were too narrow, allowing the voltage to go high enough to reach the set point might exceed the optimal current-to-surface area ratio required for small particulates. --Russ www.survivalsystem.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:52 PM Subject: CS>Optimum Shape of Silver Cathode/Anode > While silver wire seems to be most commonly used, I notice some use > sheet silver in square or rectangular patterns. Any comments on > optimum silver configurations? Would using HVAC or LVDC make a > difference here? > Thanks, > jr > > > -- > 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]> > >
