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I also use the 3 nine volt batteries....I was wondering what ppm you are making your collodial silver??? I have read alot on the internet, and having been making mine 3-5 ppm....Also, do you heat the water???? Dr. Beck has a film out where he shows a travel cs maker with one 9volt battery....so we did make a set this way, but it seemed to take too much time...so back to the 3 nine volt....do not know anything about the 30 volt...but I would think that the wires would get blacker quicker....hope to hear back from you...Becky in Kentucky -----Original Message----- From: Toscano <tosca...@ix.netcom.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:41 PM Subject: CS>Optimizing voltage on simple homemade generator First of all I'd like to tip my hat as someone who rarely posts but loves to read all the messages here. Thanks to all for insightful and intelligent info, it is much appreciated even by those of us who don't frequently make ourselves known. I have been making CS for a few years now using a simple homemade apparatus I learned about here way back when I started. It is three 9V alkaline batteries wired in series and terminating in a positive and negative alligator clip on each end. However I remember reading somewhere that the ideal voltage to use for such a simple setup would be 30V (mine being 27V with three 9V batteries)...first of all is this correct? Anyhow, I went to Rat Shack and got a two-AAA battery holder and wired it in series to make a total of 30V. I have made three batches of CS in this manner and find the reaction starts sooner than it did with 27V but other than that nothing seems different. Is it worth my while to keep using the 30V setup? If not, what is the ideal voltage I could utilize here? Thanks! D. Toscano