Sounds right to me. The tester will only test the ionic part, not the true CS part. So if theirs is about 35% ionic and 65% colloid, that is exactly what I would expect.
Marshall Jim wrote: > Maybe I should do some more research before proceeding. I do have > another question though. > > I bought 3 bottles of CS from Utopia Silver, then decided to make my own > so I bought some silver rods and a CS tester that was supposed to > measure the PPM. The first thing that I did when the tester arrived > was to measure the PPM of the Utopia CS and it showed 7PPM, their site > said it was 20 PPM. I wrote to them and their response was that home > made CS was more ionic and the tester was callibrated for home made > silver not commercial made. What does this mean and does it sound like > they are simply selling 7 PPM and representing it to be 20 PPM? > > Thanks again, > > Jim > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > A flyback will not work properly. The voltage needed is proportional to > > the frequency, and a > > flyback operates at around 16 KHZ. You can use about one cycle per minute > > for 30 Volts, and > > 60 at 10 KV. For 15 KHZ it would likely take millions of volts. Remember > > you have to suck > > the ions far enough away from the electrode for a signinficant number of > > them to not be > > sucked back during the reverse half cycle for it to work properly. > > > > Marshall > > > > Jim wrote: > > > > > >>We have an electronics store locally that has lots of used transformers > >>neon sign, or possibly a fly back transformer. I've got plenty of time, > >>and like to experiment, I'll go see what I can get. > >> > >>Jim > >> > >>Marshall Dudley wrote: > >> > >>>Pretty easy to do with a 15KV neon sign transformer. > >>> > >>>Marshall > >>> > >>>Jim wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Sounds like an interesting project to build a 10,000 V AC generator. I > >>>>might give it a try. > >>>> > >>>>Thanks Marshall > >>>> > >>>>Jim > >>>> > >>>>Marshall Dudley wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Jim wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>I should have said gold, I've made it fast and the color is gold, if I > >>>>>>make it extremely slow, the color is clearer. I've tried 15 V ac with > >>>>>>no results, I use a 17 V DC power supply and use resistance to limit the > >>>>>>current to slow the process down. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>I used 30 VAC one time for over a week and got nothing. Unless you have > >>>>>enough voltage > >>>>>to pull the ions fairly far from the anode during a half cycle, they get > >>>>>sucked right > >>>>>back to it when it is the cathode and redeposited. Typically when using > >>>>>AC, one uses > >>>>>about 10,000 volts. > >>>>> > >>>>>Marshall > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>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 <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > >
