Stability can take several forms.  Turning yellow or other colors over
time.  Being affected by high or low temperatures.  Settling out.
Plating out on the bottle. Being affected by light, especially UV light.

Marshall

Barbara Liles wrote:

>  Marshall, I am making progress.  Few more questions....with regard to
> stability, do you mean shelf life?  How does the stability manifest
> itself?  And what do we have for an end product with deadly voltage.
> Does that wreck the batch? Thanks once again,Barbara
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Marshall Dudley
>      To: [email protected]
>      Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 8:21 PM
>      Subject: Re: CS>New CS generater
>       A quick comparison that some may disagree with:
>
>      LVDC                HVAC
>      less expensive more expensive
>      slower               faster
>      less stable        more stable
>      more variable  less variable
>      safe              deadly voltages
>
>      The variable has to do with consistance in ppm and particle
>      size.  Both can make extremely good CS from distilled
>      water.  These are generalities.  For instance, very stable
>      CS can be made by the LVDC method, it is more difficult than
>      with the HVAC method.
>
>      Marshall
>
>      Barbara Liles wrote:
>
>     >  Marshall, O.K., Now that I understand that much, what
>     > makes one or the other better or worse in out final
>     > product> Thanks for taking the time to answer. Barbara
>     >
>     >      ----- Original Message -----
>     >      From: Marshall Dudley
>     >      To: [email protected]
>     >      Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:43 PM
>     >      Subject: Re: CS>New CS generater
>     >       LVDC is low voltage direct current.  Normally
>     >      the voltage is between 9 and 30 volts, and the
>     >      voltage does not change polarity, or if it does,
>     >      it does so at no faster than a couple of times a
>     >      minute.
>     >
>     >      HVAC is high voltage alternating current.
>     >      Nominally usually around 10,000 volts, and 60
>     >      hertz frequecy.
>     >
>     >      Marshall
>     >
>     >      Barbara Liles wrote:
>     >
>     >      > I haven't been on this long, but need to know
>     >      > the difference between LVDC and HVAC.  I think
>     >      > that is what I keep reading. I anyone responds,
>     >      > could you keep it simple.  I don't understand
>     >      > electricity not charging very well! Thanks
>     >      >
>     >      >      ----- Original Message -----
>     >      >      From: Jack Dayton
>     >      >      To: [email protected]
>     >      >      Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002
>     >      >      5:21 PM
>     >      >      Subject: Re: CS>New CS generater
>     >      >
>     >      >
>     >      >           From: "mary lee gladieux"
>     >      >           <[email protected]>
>     >      >
>     >      >           Subject: CS>New CS
>     >      >           generater
>     >      >           Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Sep
>     >      >           2002 11:14:58 -0700
>     >      >
>     >      >           I'm a newbie to this board
>     >      >           with this problem:  with my
>     >      >           brand new colloid master
>     >      >           777,  I tried to generate
>     >      >           one quart of  approx 10 ppm
>     >      >           CS but after 23 hours the
>     >      >           process never completed so
>     >      >           I shut the processor off.
>     >      >           I attempted this on the 9th
>     >      >           and 10th of this month.  Is
>     >      >           this huge amount of time
>     >      >           normal to make CS?  Did
>     >      >           anyone else experience this
>     >      >           on those dates?  Thank you
>     >      >           for any response.
>     >      >
>     >      >
>     >      >      ************************************
>     >      >      Hi Mary Lee,
>     >      >
>     >      >      I'm not familiar with that generator,
>     >      >      but
>     >      >      that time is WAAAAY to long.
>     >      >
>     >      >      On my LV/DC I do 42ozs of distilled
>     >      >      water
>     >      >      plus a spike of 2 oz from my last
>     >      >      batch just
>     >      >      to get things started.  It is usually
>     >      >      finished
>     >      >      in one and one half hours.
>     >      >      23 hours ?, something is not right.
>     >      >      First
>     >      >      reread the instructions carefully,
>     >      >      because
>     >      >      that time is WRONG!
>     >      >
>     >      >      Jack
>     >      >