I am not sure what all this was trying to tell us.  Several of us use the NST 
for making CS, including me, and there
are a few  CS units on the market that do so as well.  This is the reason they 
are used, and they work very well.

Marshall

Harvey Norris wrote:

> July 8th NST "current limited" CS results.
>
> Note; In the past when I have provided some detailed
> examples of the voltage drops that occured from a
> current limited voltage source obtained from resonance
> of large induction coils, some of the comments I
> recieved were this is gooblety gook, or some such
> derogatory comments. I am sure there are a few list
> members that have played around with NST's and high
> voltage CS methods. Yet I have not seen the following
> method of using an NST in this following manner posted
> on the silver list. It does exactly what I have
> advocated all along, to provide a voltage source that
> delivers the least possible voltage that will enable
> the set amount of current being limited to develope,
> according to the increasing conductivity of the
> solution. So now I can again ask the list members, do
> you STILL think these figures are gooblety gook? Now
> that I have described essentially a simpler method to
> obtain the same results? I feel now that I am
> vindicated here, and what I was initially talking
> about is born out by these test results.
>
> Preliminary NST info;
>
> The NST is actually somewhat like the variable voltage
> source similar to what the resonant voltage coil
> system provides. If we have one neon bulb on the AC
> voltage output, the transformer provides only the
> voltage needed to ionize that bulb. A conventional ~20
> inch neon tube actually only needs about 550-650 AC
> volts to  ionize that bulb, and if the bulb is ALREADY
> lit, we can measure both the voltage and amperage
> through that bulb with conventional digital meters.
> However if we had the voltage meter across the bulb,
> BEFORE the NST was turned on, the voltage surge on
> turn on might incapacitate the voltage meter. So for
> example a 12,000 volt NST does NOT supply 12,000 volts
> in the running of a neon bulb, it only supplies the
> voltage needed to maintain the ionization potential,
> again about 5 to 6 hundred volts AC which can be
> measured after the bulb itself has been ionized. If we
> add another bulb in series, again the voltage output
> of
> the transformer will rise to the level needed to
> ionize both bulbs. So as we can see this is a
> "variable" voltage source.
>
> Likewise for the production of CS by a current limited
> regimen, it is seen that the voltage will drop across
> the rectified CS cell in accordance with that cell
> becoming more conductive, exactly similar as occurs
> with the resonant coil system voltage source.
>
> Here are the reslts of a four hour production run
> where
> the conductivity appears to have risen 75% from the
> initial measured level after one hour, where the
> current limited setting was placed at 1.23 ma. I now
> use the purest possible distilled water as a source,
> because this water is actually distilled twice, once
> from the manufacturer's method stated on the distilled
>  bottled water source, and a second distillation using
> the ellis ozonated steam method. The differences
> between these water samples before and after, and the
> improvement of the distilled water upon 2nd
> distillation are readily evident by before and after
> conductivity tests.
>
> Set up for a single cell CS batch is made using 13.5
> oz 2nd pass distilled water, with 1 1/4 inch
> separation of silver bar electrodes, with about 1 sq
> inch inner surface area of electrodes.
>
> Initial battery test shows the CS battery device
> delivers 20.5 DC volts open connection. Connection to
> cells shows 19 volts enabling .80 ma. The  battery
> device is only used to note differences before and
> after a cetain time period, to note the increase of
> conductivity, whereby this information is not
> available from the variable voltage source itself,
> because the final results are themselves made from a
> "current limited" source, where in that device only
> the voltage drop notes the increased conductivity, but
> in the battery device the increased conductivity is
> noted by an increase of observed amperage. Thus the
> battery device is used to make an estimate of that
> increased conductivity beyond what was initially
> measured.
>
> AC voltage input by variac was determined by its own
> inherent meter. A 1 ma current limit on NST output
> after rectification was not used because this was far
> into the low end of what voltage the input variac was
> able to supply. Instead the variac was turned to 2
> volts AC output, and the DC amperage meter was shorted
> across the DC full wave rectification output placed on
> the NST's secondary outputs to see what  current limit
> was obtained. This was noted at 1.23 ma, With these
> settings then only 1.23 ma is available from the
> system, and this limit will not be exceeded.
>
> Now the DC amperage connection was severed and a
> digital voltmeter placed across that DC output. This
> read 120 volts DC with quite a bit of fluxuation,
> possibly being caused by operating on the low end of
> the variacs output.
>
> Now the amperage meter is placed in series with the CS
> cell and process is begun. 10 minute intervals for one
> hours operation are noted.
> Start up shows
> 44 volts enabling 1.09 ma
> A drop from the measured 120 volts at open connection
> 10 min   26.5 volts yeilds 1.19 ma
> 20 min   22.4 volts yeilds 1.20 ma
> 30 min   20.5 volts yeilds 1.20 ma
> 40 min   18.4 volts yeilds 1.20 ma
> 50 min   16.0 volts yeilds 1.21 ma
> 60 min   14.1 volts yeilds 1.21 ma
>
> Now a battery test is made to show increase of
> conductivity for a current limited value of 1.23 ma
> after 1 hour
>
> 18.8 volts yeilds 1.4 ma, a 75% increase from starting
> value, without also factoring in the battery drop of
> supply voltage that also occurs with the increased
> conductivity of the soultion.
>
> A 2 hr test is also made where
> 8.3 volts yeilds 1.22 ma
>
> Thus we can see that after two hours the process is
> just past 99% of the possible set current limit of
> 1.23 ma
>
> A battery test at this two hour level shows
> 18 volts yeilding 2.1 ma, or about a 160% increase in
> conductivity without factoring in the battery supply
> voltage drop.
>
> A test after four hours shows 5.5 volts enabling the
> same 1.22 ma, just under the current limited setting
> of 1.23 ma
>
> A final battery test shows 17.4 volts enabling 3.0 ma
> If we also take into context the drop in battery
> supply voltage to make this 3 ma, this would probably
> be about a 4 fold increase in conductivity, or as
> other commentators have noted about 16 ppm made from
> such a 4 fold increase.(if this is correct)
>
> To conclude, the current limited variac/ NST method
> delivers results similar to that of the resonant
> voltage source by induction coil method. This trial
> was made with a Jefferson 12,000 volt, 30 ma NST
> Sincerely HDN
>
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