Marshall said, >Have you considered using copper tubing as the cathode and silver wire strung down the middle as the anode?<
Yes, but I couldn't figure out how to connect an electrical flow to the rod running down the middle. Also, the metal pipe would hide the silver rod, making it impossible to tell when it needed to be replaced. The clear plastic tubing appeals to me because it can be monitored how the silver rod is thinning. My friend came by yesterday with samples of CS that had been brewed for 5 minutes and also 2 minutes. He brought one of the silver wires with him to show me. After 5 batches of CS - the first at 10 minutes, 2 at 5 minutes and 2 at 2 minutes, the 14 guage silver wire is half dissolved. This means a lot of silver in the water, more than he needs. Today he will try 1 minute. He's quite satisfied with this because he is able to brew 20 gallons every 10-15 minutes (including filling and emptying the brewing jars), which he is adding to the food. His well water is obviously rich in minerals and very conductive. This makes me think he can brew adequate ppm CS with the flow-through unit I have in mind. I have to figure out how to measure the approximate ppm of silver he is brewing. The problem is that the water is already very high ppm with other minerals. The conductance type of testers only measured the "ionic" silver, not the colloidal?? Yet, almost certainly, most of what he is producing is colloidal because of using well water. Any ideas on how to get a basic idea? Terry Chamberlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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]>
