was brewing up a gallon batch of cs for my buddy, viet nam vet with hep c. my rig is 3 6-volt transformers, in series, puttin out 28 +/- volts. cut a lid out of 1/2 plywood, and drilled it to accept two 14 ga. silver wires, and the fish tank bubbler hose. time got away from me and i didn't stop the brew at my preferred 4.0 ma. the batch was about 7.5 ma. i saved that batch for external uses, and started another batch. rinsed the gallon jug well, and filled it with good arrowhead distilled water, as before. when i dropped the pos and neg wires in there, i got a reading of 2.6 ma instead of the usual .40 to . 45 ma. what the hey! started another batch, and the same. bad DW??? wasn't gettin the real fast turn milkey stuff usually associated with plain tap water. rechecked my multi-meter, and it was ok. after a lot of lookin, i noticed that the underside of the plywood jar lid was wet. i had been experimenting with the bubble flow and aglomeration, and had tuned the air up quite a bit, and the bubbling was dampning the wood lid, which apparently was taking the current from the pos connecter thru the moist wood to the negative, and was not gettin any current flow thru the DW.
this has apparently been happening before as both 14 ga wires were showing some etching at the spot they contacted the wood. any good suggestions for a non-pourous lid???? thanks, jim
