Thanks for your insights Ode, and Trem. I have used these for about a year and have not really had any problems. I wipe the one electrode every other batch or so. Used to wipe every 1/2 gallon batch but it does not seem to make much difference. I can straighten the strips easily using a tissue to avoid contact with my "grimy little hands". <smile>
I have not had a yellow batch since I started using the tissue to adjust any bends or crinks from inadvertently hitting the jar when inserting them. Garnet On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 08:13, Ode Coyote wrote: > Keeping them parallel is important to calibration as is overall exposed > surface area. > As the electrodes get shorter, the PPM settings will go up and current > density on the electrode will go up increasing the possibility of making > yellow batches. > As they get thinner and thinner, keeping them parallel gets harder and > harder. > They're pretty thin to start with. > > As long as the electrodes are nearly full length and you can still handle > them, they're good. > The rounding of the corners actually improves edge discharge problems > making the effective current density more uniform over the whole electrode. > Square corners discharge many more ions per square inch than rounded > shapes. That's why they eventually get rounded. > > ..and all of the above is why I don't use silver ribbon material for > electrodes. > > Ode > > At 11:48 AM 11/2/2004 -0600, you wrote: > >The flat silver strips that came with my SG6 about a year ago are > >rounded at the tips and pretty thin. Can I not continue to use them > >since they are silver all the way through? What happens to them when > >they get thin that they do not still make CS? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Garnet > > > >On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 07:17, Ode Coyote wrote: > >> When they get thin and flimsy. > >> > >> ode > >> > >> At 06:22 PM 11/1/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >> >>>> > >> How do you know when the silver rods are worn out. > >> > >> <<<< > >> > >> > >> > >> --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] List > >> archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >> Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >> List maintainer: Mike Devour > > > > >
