Hi Reid, The unequal switching times can be partially overcome by swopping electrode connections regularly. Say at least once per side during the entire process. I can't see that this is a worry other than that the electrodes are worn done unevenly. Can't comment on the 1/2 minute switching times. If it is being stirred well the process should still be in order
My guess is that something else has changed. The water or your meter; maybe both. Regards, Tony > Ole Bob, Marshall, Ode, Trem, Mike, Silver Friends One and All, > I need help in understanding why my generator for concentrated CS is > outputting very low ppm. Can somebody help? Today I did a first trial > run of an automated switching device, for the generator shown at > http://www.purifier.com.np/CS.html This is to make the concentrated CS > needed for saturation of ceramic water purifiers. Unfortunately the > electronic engineers didn't quite get the device right, so there are big > disparities in the times between the two electrodes. i.e. I wanted to > reverse poles every minute, but at that setting it's 60 seconds at one > electrode and 45 at the other. So I chose the lowest setting, where the > percentage disparity is lowest, one electrode 23 seconds and the other > 28. Could the short period between reversals be giving less ionic > silver per time? > > One puzzling aspect is that the appearance of the CS seems to be the > same as for the really concentrated stuff, bright red to transmitted > light, but so dark that it appears gray unless a bright light is shined > through. I diluted 9:1, expecting I'd need to do this to get within the > range of the Hanna Instruments PWT, but ended up with only 2.4 uS. > Checking the 'concentrated' stuff I get 24 uS. But this certainly > doesn't resemble any other 24 to 30 ppm I've ever seen. At 9:1 the 2.4 > uS is bright orange. Could this be very low ppm of big particles, thus > the bright orange? Or am I just doing something wrong? Could I be > misinterpreting the use of the PWT. It's also puzzling that there is a > very strong Tyndall Effect, the solution emanating a kind of pearly > iridescence. > Thanks in advance. > Reid > > > > -- > 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]>
