Hello Ken, If I remember correctly, the discussion was about using steam-distilled water for making cs and the poster stated that they used WalMart water and I asked if it was steam-distilled. Then I stated that I used WalMart brand and just realized upon reading your post that I actually use WalGreens's brand with measures 0.5-0.9 ppm with my Hanna PWT meter. I continually get mixed up with the WalMart/Walgreen names, wish one of them would change. It used to be easier to distinguish between Sears and Wards.
If cs is poured into the 'DW/cs to be', doesn't that prevent the fluffy deposits. Lately, I have been having trouble getting my Colloid Master 777 to shut off after the proper cs level is reached. I don't know if it is an equipment problem or if the problem is the nut behind the wheel. Perhaps you are right and my water is too pure. Ideas? I haven't called the CM 777 people yet. John -----Original Message----- From: Ode Coyote [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: CS>Source for recipes? If that's measured with Dist 1 PPM meter, it's OK It's impure enough to get the reaction started fairly fast and not so impure as to cause contamination problems. I actually prefer DW that reads 1 PPM over the more pure water. Extremely pure water does not pull enough current to prevent fluffy deposits from growing [which slow the reaction even further and wastes silver] and can take several hours to draw significant current which will throw any attempts at timing a batch right out the window unless an ammeter is employed to set a base reading. Ken At 04:54 PM 6/18/02 -0700, you wrote: >>>> I use WalMart DW and find that it is about 0.5-0.9 ppm. That is why I was wondering about the 'steam-distilled' bit. John -----Original Message----- From: Jack Dayton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Source for recipes? Hi John, WalMart's DW has been discussed within the last few weeks, but I'm not sure what was said, but I think the answer is no. Jack From: "John Reeder" <[email protected] BTW, is WalMart DW steam-distilled? <<<< -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour
