Hi Debbie, Well done, you are on the right track. Two things. the second one first:
First. 2 to 5 minutes is enough to make usable CS in your case. If you use tap water or if you add anything soluble to distilled water then the "brew" times are very short, about 3 minutes per cupful. The process is likely to comes up to full speed immediately. On the other hand using very good quality distilled water the process starts off slowly and, if current controlled to about 1mA to 1.5mA, then takes about 1/2hour to 1 hour for the 300ml. This makes a finer longer lasting product Second. As a generality, ac voltage is not very useful when applied to making CS. AC will tend to strip silver and then immediately re- plate the silver very rapidly but not produce much CS. An ordinary transformer produces ac voltage. A dc output powersupply, which is a transformer plus some electronics, should produce dc. So look for the dataplate 12vac or 12v~ will denote ac ; 12dc or 12v= will denote dc. A powersupply for a printer, cellphone or something like that should be suitable. Personally I avoid mixing mains voltage and water experimentally. It is too easy to get a nasty shock. I always use battery power, which is intrinsically dc. The bulb should be a really low current device. a 6v 'grain of wheat' bulb is usually 40 or 50mA. But is actually about 50 times too 'big' It should only just glow very dimly in the dark to indicate the correct range of current, 1.0 to 1.5 mA. Better in my opinion is a superbright LED which lights up very nicely. Stirring. I use the rods as a stirrer or I swirl the glass occasionally. enough to get a bit of movement in the water. I also use an eggtimer to remind me to switch off if i'm multitasking. :) I use a JFET circuit to current control automatically. You could approach George and Celia in Lowestoft, Suffolk. <[email protected]> who carry stock of my devices in UK. Tony Moody PO Box 24, Hogsback 5721, Eastern Cape, South Africa On 28 Feb 2005 at 20:59, Debbie Cozens wrote: > > My generater is home made. > Ive used a 12 volt transformer. and ive made a plastic box . Ive got > two banana clips inserted in the top of the box holding a piece of > .9999 silver rod each...the positive banana clip is joined to a bulb > and then back to the positive banana clip. I dont have a stirrer and > was told to do the stiring with a spoon. Im not that clued up with all > this and wish i was. My silver rods are about 2.5 mm thick and 10cm > long. The amount of water i used was 300ml..in a jar...it was tap > water as this was an experiment for the first time..but the next will > be distilled water. How do i get current limiting??? Hope you can > help. Debbie > > > Dan Nave <[email protected]> wrote: > Offhand, I would say that you did not use distilled water, or you > added an electrolyte to the water... > > Or, you had a very small volume of water and the process "ran > away" at a certain point since you did not have current > limiting... > > Please give all the conditions of your setup including type and > amount of water. > > > > > CS>voltage > > From: Debbie Cozens (view other messages by this author) > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 04:05:43 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- > > Hello. > i am new here and new to making CS. > I am having a difficult understanding of the voltage and time > needed to make a great batch od CS. I have a 12 volt > trasformer...distilled water and i left my transformer 'on' with > 12 volts pumping through for 4 hours...my one silver rod was > visibly thinner and! the water was quite brown/black with silver > particles at the bottom..what did i do wrong? > > Debbie cozens > > > > -- > 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 > > > > > Debbie Cozens > Homeschooling mother to Samantha 7 and Emily 4. > http://debbieblog.blogdrive.com new chapter SA holiday! > NATURAL PRODUCTS > skincare,cosmetics,colloidal silver,kefir grains...etc > KEFIR GRAINS £2-00 P&P > http://www.freewebs.com/naturalbeauty/ > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
