Hi Debbie, > You know the stuff that falls off the rods. It is kinda mushy > looking and it builds up as you brew the cs. that stuff is usally > on the bottom of the jar. That is what I filter out. debbie
Is that the gray spanish moss that forms on the cathode? If so, shorten the brew time a bit. It shows you are doing very well and you are making good stuff, but you have gone past the conductance peak. If you are talking about the soft black silver hydroxide that sticks to the electrodes and makes dark spots on the bottom underneath the electrodes, then a few things are wrong. You may have a 3 nines with straight rods. This makes lower concentration cs. It may be fine if you are young and have a healthy, strong immune system. But if you would like to improve it, here are a few simple things you can do: 1. get 36 inches of 12 ga 999 fine silver wire. 2. cut it in half and make two "W" shaped electrodes, leaving an inch or so above the center part for support. This will give you about 3 1/2 square inches of wetted area. 3. find a 450 ml clear polystyrene jar in a rectangular shape. Mine was 4" long, 2 1/4" wide, and 4 5/8" deep, before I melted it in an unfortunate ill-advised experiment. Now I'm having trouble finding a replacement:( 4. cut a piece of 1/8" thick polypropylene or polyethylene corrugated plastic used in signs, a bit bigger than the top of the jar. 5. use a hot glue gun to glue plastic drinking straws to the lid to keep it centered on the jar. 6. poke holes in the lid about 1" from the end for the electrodes. 7. insert the electrodes and use the hot glue to make them vertical, centered, and parallel to each other. 8. if you have a 3 nines, add a 75k resistor in series. You may be able to find a local teenager with a soldering iron who has one in his junkbox. Otherwise, they are worth about a penny, but it may cost a dollar for a package of 5 at an electronics part store. 9. clean everything, add dw, connect to your supply, and wait until you see gray sludge on the negative lead. This may take 7 to 10 hrs. If you time it right, and have good dw, this will produce about 20uS cs. > Oh geeish I hope I didn't mess up too much. I made a gallon the > other day and just filtered like what was at the bottom of the jar > into the gallon jug. I only have a TDS tester what type of tester > are you using? Don't worry - it probably is still usable. Just a bit weaker. Your TDS should indicate if it lost much strength. I use a Hanna PWT, but I will be buying Ken's COM100 next. > Can I use sea salt instead of canning salt? thanks for the into. No, sea salt contains impurities that will mess up the salt test. Canning salt is extremely cheap, and a package will last a lifetime. > debbie Debbie, it seems your keyboard is sticking and making too many periods. So I gathered them up and put them here in case you run out some day and need some more: .. .. ... .. .. .. ... Best Wishes, Mike M -- 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]>
