If you were using a different batch of water for those results, you may have run into why timers don't work to predict PPM.
Even when limiting current to a set value, the current draw , hence ion production rate, rises like a plotted acceleration curve. Starting at close to zero current [low conductivity], the beginning end of that curve is very flat at first and rises very slowly over time at a given voltage, gradually getting faster and faster and faster...more and more towards vertical. If you start at , say, 3 [higher conductivity..higher current draw], you are already that much closer to the vertical part of the curve and it will take a great deal less time to hit your target. The difference in time can literally be hours and hours to hit the same target with only a small difference in water quality. Putting an ammeter in series with one of the electrodes will give you a much better idea of where you are in the process. If you plot current draw over time in a given volume of water, you'll see the curve. Once you have the chart, you can tell where you started and know how long it will take to get to where you want to go...so long as the power supply and electrode spacing/exposure stays the same. If you use current limiting, the ion production rate follows the same acceleration curve until the control system kicks in. After that point, it goes very close to a linear PPM per minute per volume of water. THEN you can use a timer to predict something. But the time it takes getting to that linear area can vary a great deal as well and for the same reason. Color is no indication of PPM. It probably is an indication of an average particle size and 'might' be an indication of oxygen reacting with silver ions to grow those particles to that size. What happens within the boundary layer close to the electrodes varies according to how fast ions are emitted into it, how much gas is produced and how well stirring disrupts the boundary layer. Using a high current density and no stirring can produce yellow particles right before your eyes..that fabled golden stream or ion cloud [except you can't see ions, so it's really a particle cloud] and you can wind up with yellow CS at very low PPM. If that golden cloud is produced at an extreme rate with very high current, it will turn dark brown to blackish, injecting silver oxides into the water. Using very pure water, it takes a certain amount of silver to draw that much current, so deep yellow or brown/black CS will be pretty strong. If using impure water, you can draw that sort of current earlier. Depending on what those impurities are, you can get several other strange reactions and results. One set of reactions that may have some merit is making silver carbonate by using a small amount of baking soda, then dissolving that insoluable result into the water with vinegar to make silver acetate. Silver carbonate, like silver chloride, is photo reactive but silver acetate is not. It is entirely possible that using a fish tank bubbler will make silver carbonate as carbon dioxide is dissolved into the water. When silver acetate hits hydrochloric acid [tummy acid] it produces silver ions..perhaps in close enough proximity to the stomach lining so as to be absorbed instantly. Silver ions in proximity to iron [hemoglobin?] precipitates silver particles. If the ions are not very concentrated, I don't see how 'large' particles can possibly be produced. Might be able to skip the silver carbonate step and just use a touch of vinegar in the water. ..haven't tried that yet Little tidbit: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/vinegar "On February 13, 2003 news of a type of atypical pneumonia that appeared in six cities of south China's Guangdong province has been brought under control, with no cases reported since Monday. According to press conferences held by the Guangdong and Guangzhou governments, local governments at various levels have taken emergency measures to control the prices of isatis root, vinegar and other related anti-virus medicines, which saw soaring prices due to their effectiveness in curing this disease." Source Unknown Vinegar along with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is used in the livestock industry to kill bacteria and viruses before refrigeration storage. A chemical mixture of peracetic acid is formed when acetic acid is mixed with hydrogen peroxide. It is being used in some Asian countries by aerosol sprays for control of pneumonia. Usually of a 5% acetic acid and a 3% hydrogen peroxide is commonly used. Ode > >Mine is based on 2 Maple Leaf $5 Canadians @ .9999, a stripped transformer >from a printer putting out 6VDC, a Fishtank bubbler, High quality Distilled >H20 and patience...... I run it for around 6 hours, till the immersed I/2 >coin goes black. I make about 1.5 litres per run, now. (Had found >previously that it began to yellow tinge at 6 hours in a 1 litre batch.) > >Because of circumstances, today's batch was left for 9 hours. I expected to >have a lot of "plant stimulator" in a daffodil shade! >Everything looked normal. Tasted normal, no yellow. >Tried out my new Laser and against a control of Distilled H20 with zero >effect, could see a definite but wee clouding in the red beam. >I would be suspicious except that it does wonders for, amongst other >things, cut flowers - a few drops in the vase and roses - roses! last for 2 >weeks. >They are not like me - susceptible to the placebo effect - although >SWMBO says I'm the absolute last person on the planet to expect a placebo >effect from. > > >Cheers, > >Himagain > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
