Hello, Anna! I once did a run with "spring water" instead of distilled. If you're *SURE* you picked up the right jug of water... <grin>
Then the other possibilities are, as you suspect, the water was bad from the store, or it became contaminated while sitting, or else something contaminated the brewing cell. Things to try: A new jug of water... A different brand of water... Clean the brewing cell thoroughly... All it would probably take is for somebody to take a swig direct from the jug to contaminate it enough to matter. Or if the jug sat around open for a while, it could have picked up enough dissolved carbon dioxide to increase the conductivity too much. Or if you attempted to clean the cell and left a little soap residue or finger oils around. Cleaning things between runs: The most I usually do is wipe the electrodes with a clean, dry paper napkin (leaves the least lint). The jar, if I do anything at all, I'll rinse with some 3% hydrogen peroxide, which eats up any silver coating very quickly, then rinse three times with a few ounces of distilled water. Getting one of the inexpensive ($20 to $30 US) TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) meters that several places sell would give you a way to independently test the quality of your distilled water. Try again and let us know what you find out, please. Be well, Mike D. > I have only been making colloidal for about 3 months and have always had > my batches be very clear but today I used the same brand of distilled > water, the same silver strands, plugged my generator in for 3 hours. I > did not check on it during the brewing time but when the timer went off > I ended up with a very cloudy batch that had chucks in it. > > I will not be ingesting this batch but can someone please respond and > tell me possibly what happened. I think my distilled water was > probably no good. Hope it was okay for drinking because I drank most > of this gallon. Can any harm be done to the silver strands since I let > the generator run for three hours??? It has a green light on the front > that should not glow when it is in use and it was really glowing when > I unplugged the unit. The instructions say that it will glow due to > mineral content in water but I am 100% sure I used distilled water. > Thanks for any info!!!!!!! Ana [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
