Thanks Mike do you by chance have a picture of what you are describing here? I am brewing to about 5 on the TDS tester and it still makes the mushy silver moss....thanks again Mike I appreciate it...debbie
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Mike Monett" <[email protected]> > 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. >
