Jill, Where did you get such misleading information??? Most people on this list use 3- 9 volt batteries and distilled water and make good EIS. It will store in sunlight for months in a clear plastic bottle. No need for dark bottles and store on darkness. I can supply you with data plots using 1.19 volts, 5v, 9v, 12v, 18v, 27v, 36v, 45v, 55v, 120v, 240v, 300v, 800v, not to mention HVAC to 15,000 volts. Got to Habor Freight and get a DMM and mesure the current and it will surprise you. "Ole Bob"
[email protected] wrote: Buy three new 9 volt batteries; should be identical. Buy two alligator clips (about 1 1/2 feet long) from Radio Shack, or wherever. These are wires covered with plastic, and a metal clip at each end. Get two silver sticks .999 pure or similar purity. Can be sticks or flattened, but they should be about 6 inches long. Get a pint glass measuring cup (grocery store). PROCEDURE: Snap batteries together with contacts facing each other. There is only one way they can go. This will leave two leads free. Attach one alligator clip to each free lead. Attach a silver stick to the other end of each alligator clip. Fill the glass measuring cup almost to the top with drinking water (not distilled as there are no ions to conduct the electricity, and nothing will happen, at least not for hours). Place the silver sticks in the water, not touching each other, taking care not to get the metal alligator clip in the water (you don't want to make lead colloid!). One silver stick will collect bubbles, and the other will exude a gray cloud. If this doesn't happen pretty soon, review the above steps and correct anything that deviates from the above instructions. Another reason nothing may happen is that the water is too pure (too close to distilled). Use another type of drinking water. Stand there and watch the process, as it may only take 1/2 minute to 3 minutes to make the CS. When the water is only slightly gray, take the silver sticks out of the water, and stir the CS with the silver sticks. Do not stir with anything else. Remove the alligator clips from the batteries. The batteries may be stored snapped together, but if the alligator clips are left attached, it will run down the batteries. Do not store anything wet next to the batteries, or they will be corroded. Using the nylon backing of a sponge, rub the silver sticks under running water to remove the dark color. Either drink the CS immediately, or store the remainder in the dark. This type of CS will be destroyed by light in 8 minutes, I have been told. Therefore, don't make it under bright lights. I typically drink it the same day I make it, and storing it in the cupboard until it is gone. Best of luck, Jill
