Marv Hacker wrote: > Marshall wrote: > > 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. > > ================== > I too am using CS production equipment based on the Neon Sign Transformer. > However, I am troubled by warnings that: > > " If you don't use dry ice to make a CO2 atmosphere in the brew cell to > will generate unsafe levels of NO3 and NO, both ar poisonous to people > !!!!!", according to our dear friend "Ole Bob" > > Currently, I have no way to verify the presence of these chemicals. My > questions are: > + Is this a "high-classed worry" (insignificant ammounts)? > + Producing without an inert atmosphere, what may be done to neutralize any > NO3, and NO that is in the CS? > > Any advice/assistance on how you use your NTS equipment relative to NO3/NO > is very much appreciated.
NO3 and NO are produced by sparks or corona discharge. They both have fairly strong odors in very small quantities. If NST's produced these at toxic levels, then you would be getting poisoned any time you went in a store with a neon display on the wall or window. Although I sometimes smell these gases along with ozone during a thunderstorm, I have never smelled them while making CS. If care is taken to avoid any corona discharges or sparks then little if any of these gases should be made. I am puzzled by how adding a CO2 blanket to the brew cell would prevent these gases from being made. They would still be generated elsewhere in the system if there are sparks or corona discharges. If they are made anywhere you would still end up breathing them. It seems that a blanket would only prevent the gas, if generated from getting absorbed into the CS itself. I will have to get a kit to measure these things and see if any is getting into the CS I make with submerged electrode. Marshall > > > Thanks, > :) Marv > > -- > 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]>
