RE: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-05 Thread James Osbourne, Holmes
Hi Marshall,

Any more details on the FDA thing?

James Osbourne Holmes
a...@trail.com
FTNWO


-Original Message-
From:   Marshall Dudley [SMTP:mdud...@execonn.com]
Sent:   Monday, July 03, 2000 8:44 AM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject:Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S

Fred wrote:

  Sorry Marshall, I left out the arc part, which is the wierder
 part of the process - why use a high temperature arc in air?
 (To vaporize the silver and spalt it into the water but also
 breakdown the air)

 Of course I can also add:
  why us 10,000 volts for a 2 volt  DC process? and..
  why not use polarity reversing LVDC?, if you just want
   to get all of the released silver into solution?

 Some will reply that the feature is that it produces in volume,
 but the 100 volt pickle jar array recently posted also will!

I believe that is correct.  For economic reasons brute force sometimes
is more economical than elegance. They both produce comparable
products.  Another reason may be that there is information that
indicates that CS sold must be made by the HVAC method according to the
FDA.

Marshall


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RE: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-05 Thread James Osbourne, Holmes
Excellent observation.

James Osbourne Holmes
a...@trail.com
FTNWO


-Original Message-
From:   Ivan Anderson [SMTP:i...@win.co.nz]
Sent:   Tuesday, July 04, 2000 5:22 AM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject:Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S

Roger,

Surely this investigation is flawed, or at least back to front.

Would it not have been of greater interest to find the most effective
silver colloid, and then determine particle size and method of
production, rather than eliminate subjects (15) according to particle
size, and then test the remaining (4) for efficacy?

The results may well be the same...but what is the reason for making
colloidal silver in the first place.

Regards
Ivan.


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To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, 4 July 2000 04:08
Subject: Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S


 Marshall: Not only the FDA, but Professor Gibbs of the University of
Delaware
 in his recently published booklet, Silver Colloids: Do They Work?,
screened
 15 commercial CS products using two independent microscopic techniques
to
 determine particle size distribution. I believe the only type of CS
that made
 it through both types of microscopic screening requirements was that
produced
 by HVAC. From there he went on to test for effectiveness in killing a
 moderately resistant bacteria. Only one of the remaining 4 (I believe)
HVAC
 products was given a 4 star rating (5 star is the highest possible
 rating). The remainder got 3 star or lower.



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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-04 Thread Ivan Anderson
Roger,

Surely this investigation is flawed, or at least back to front.

Would it not have been of greater interest to find the most effective
silver colloid, and then determine particle size and method of
production, rather than eliminate subjects (15) according to particle
size, and then test the remaining (4) for efficacy?

The results may well be the same...but what is the reason for making
colloidal silver in the first place.

Regards
Ivan.


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From: rogalt...@aol.com
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tuesday, 4 July 2000 04:08
Subject: Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S


 Marshall: Not only the FDA, but Professor Gibbs of the University of
Delaware
 in his recently published booklet, Silver Colloids: Do They Work?,
screened
 15 commercial CS products using two independent microscopic techniques
to
 determine particle size distribution. I believe the only type of CS
that made
 it through both types of microscopic screening requirements was that
produced
 by HVAC. From there he went on to test for effectiveness in killing a
 moderately resistant bacteria. Only one of the remaining 4 (I believe)
HVAC
 products was given a 4 star rating (5 star is the highest possible
 rating). The remainder got 3 star or lower.



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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-04 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 7/4/00 6:32:09 AM EST, i...@win.co.nz writes:

 Subj: Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S
 Date:  7/4/00 6:32:09 AM EST
 From:  i...@win.co.nz (Ivan Anderson)
 Reply-to:  silver-list@eskimo.com
 To:silver-list@eskimo.com
 
 Roger,
 
 Surely this investigation is flawed, or at least back to front.
 
 Would it not have been of greater interest to find the most effective
 silver colloid, and then determine particle size and method of
 production, rather than eliminate subjects (15) according to particle
 size, and then test the remaining (4) for efficacy?
 
 The results may well be the same...but what is the reason for making
 colloidal silver in the first place.
 
 Regards
 Ivan.
  

Ivan: The same thought crossed my mind, so I posed my questions to him in 
such a manner as not to (I hope) ruffle his feathers. In any case, I think we 
have to get more information about his preliminary experiments first. But I 
must tell you that I'm delighted to see the beginnings of solid investigative 
work in this area. Let's all send him good vibes, and any other support we 
can think of. Roger 


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-04 Thread Earle Bonner
Ted: I spent a great deal of time and money testing CS retention and 
elimination (using myself as a guinea pig) using CS generated from a DC 
SOURCE so I'm convinced that it works! What I don't like about it is that I 
have yet to produce a DC CS product that is stable for more than six weeks. I 
know it can be done; I just haven't been able to do it myself. I wonder how 
many silver listers have run into this same problem? And it IS a problem if 
the strength of your CS weakens over time, and you're not aware of it, how 
can you be sure that it is still potent enough to destroy those little 
critters just when you may need it the most? Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-04 Thread Dean T. Miller
Hi Ivan,

On Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:22:14 +1200, Ivan Anderson i...@win.co.nz
wrote:

Surely this investigation is flawed, or at least back to front.

Would it not have been of greater interest to find the most effective
silver colloid, and then determine particle size and method of
production, rather than eliminate subjects (15) according to particle
size, and then test the remaining (4) for efficacy?

The results may well be the same...but what is the reason for making
colloidal silver in the first place.

Absolutely!  The investigator has somehow predetermined what particle
size should be tested.  Perhaps there's something in the report that
talks about his assumptions.  If not, that would be another flaw.

-- Dean -- from (almost) Duh Moines  (CDP, KB0ZDF)


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread Marshall Dudley
Fred wrote:

  Sorry Marshall, I left out the arc part, which is the wierder
 part of the process - why use a high temperature arc in air?
 (To vaporize the silver and spalt it into the water but also
 breakdown the air)

 Of course I can also add:
  why us 10,000 volts for a 2 volt  DC process? and..
  why not use polarity reversing LVDC?, if you just want
   to get all of the released silver into solution?

 Some will reply that the feature is that it produces in volume,
 but the 100 volt pickle jar array recently posted also will!

I believe that is correct.  For economic reasons brute force sometimes
is more economical than elegance. They both produce comparable
products.  Another reason may be that there is information that
indicates that CS sold must be made by the HVAC method according to the
FDA.

Marshall


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 7/3/00 9:55:20 AM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

 Fred wrote:
 
   Sorry Marshall, I left out the arc part, which is the wierder
  part of the process - why use a high temperature arc in air?
  (To vaporize the silver and spalt it into the water but also
  breakdown the air)
 
  Of course I can also add:
   why us 10,000 volts for a 2 volt  DC process? and..
   why not use polarity reversing LVDC?, if you just want
to get all of the released silver into solution?
 
  Some will reply that the feature is that it produces in volume,
  but the 100 volt pickle jar array recently posted also will!
 
 I believe that is correct.  For economic reasons brute force sometimes
 is more economical than elegance. They both produce comparable
 products.  Another reason may be that there is information that
 indicates that CS sold must be made by the HVAC method according to the
 FDA.
 
 Marshall
  

Marshall: Not only the FDA, but Professor Gibbs of the University of Delaware 
in his recently published booklet, Silver Colloids: Do They Work?, screened 
15 commercial CS products using two independent microscopic techniques to 
determine particle size distribution. I believe the only type of CS that made 
it through both types of microscopic screening requirements was that produced 
by HVAC. From there he went on to test for effectiveness in killing a 
moderately resistant bacteria. Only one of the remaining 4 (I believe) HVAC 
products was given a 4 star rating (5 star is the highest possible 
rating). The remainder got 3 star or lower. 

As far as sputtering silver off an electrode is concerned, it IS difficult to 
achieve, but that's probably because my processing technique is rather crude. 
I need a good HVAC expert to put his shoulder (preferably his mind as well) 
to the wheel. Fred, are you available? Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread Marshall Dudley
rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

 Marshall: Not only the FDA, but Professor Gibbs of the University of Delaware
 in his recently published booklet, Silver Colloids: Do They Work?, screened
 15 commercial CS products using two independent microscopic techniques to
 determine particle size distribution. I believe the only type of CS that made
 it through both types of microscopic screening requirements was that produced
 by HVAC. From there he went on to test for effectiveness in killing a
 moderately resistant bacteria. Only one of the remaining 4 (I believe) HVAC
 products was given a 4 star rating (5 star is the highest possible
 rating). The remainder got 3 star or lower.

Interesting.  Do you know where I can get a copy of that book?  I use to think
HVAC was better, and we use an HVAC process, but there has been so much
contradictory information posted lately, I am having doubts.

Thanks,

Marshall


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 7/3/00 12:03:57 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

 rogalt...@aol.com wrote:
 
  Marshall: Not only the FDA, but Professor Gibbs of the University of 
Delaware
  in his recently published booklet, Silver Colloids: Do They Work?, screened
  15 commercial CS products using two independent microscopic techniques to
  determine particle size distribution. I believe the only type of CS that 
made
  it through both types of microscopic screening requirements was that 
produced
  by HVAC. From there he went on to test for effectiveness in killing a
  moderately resistant bacteria. Only one of the remaining 4 (I believe) HVAC
  products was given a 4 star rating (5 star is the highest possible
  rating). The remainder got 3 star or lower.
 
 Interesting.  Do you know where I can get a copy of that book?  I use to 
think
 HVAC was better, and we use an HVAC process, but there has been so much
 contradictory information posted lately, I am having doubts.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Marshall
 
  

Marshall: I believe I bought it a couple of weeks ago from Amazon.com. About 
$6.50 for the booklet and another $4.50 in SH. It's very encouraging when 
you see academics get involved with CS -- particularly when this one seems to 
be targeting the quasi-lay public. And although Professor Gibbs has taken 
only a first step, I suspect it's likely that he will have another, even more 
interesting, report coming out soon. BTW, as of several months ago, he has 
started publishing a CS newsletter which comes out 4X a year. Roger 


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread Ted Windsor
What about Dr. Crooks studies that no pathogen he tested survived more than six
minutes in a dish of colloidal silver, I doubt if they had this HVAC method at
that time.
Blessings
Ted

rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

 In a message dated 7/3/00 12:03:57 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

  rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

   Marshall: Not only the FDA, but Professor Gibbs of the University of
 Delaware
   in his recently published booklet, Silver Colloids: Do They Work?, screened
   15 commercial CS products using two independent microscopic techniques to
   determine particle size distribution. I believe the only type of CS that
 made
   it through both types of microscopic screening requirements was that
 produced
   by HVAC. From there he went on to test for effectiveness in killing a
   moderately resistant bacteria. Only one of the remaining 4 (I believe) HVAC
   products was given a 4 star rating (5 star is the highest possible
   rating). The remainder got 3 star or lower.

  Interesting.  Do you know where I can get a copy of that book?  I use to
 think
  HVAC was better, and we use an HVAC process, but there has been so much
  contradictory information posted lately, I am having doubts.

  Thanks,

  Marshall

   

 Marshall: I believe I bought it a couple of weeks ago from Amazon.com. About
 $6.50 for the booklet and another $4.50 in SH. It's very encouraging when
 you see academics get involved with CS -- particularly when this one seems to
 be targeting the quasi-lay public. And although Professor Gibbs has taken
 only a first step, I suspect it's likely that he will have another, even more
 interesting, report coming out soon. BTW, as of several months ago, he has
 started publishing a CS newsletter which comes out 4X a year. Roger

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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 7/3/00 1:30:23 PM EST, t...@home.com writes:

 What about Dr. Crooks studies that no pathogen he tested survived more 
than six
 minutes in a dish of colloidal silver, I doubt if they had this HVAC method 
at
 that time.
 Blessings
 Ted 

Ted: Your not really implying that I think that LVDC CS doesn't work are you? 
If you think that look up my prior posts. Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread Ted Windsor
Hi Roger:
Absolutely not, what I am saying is that these test were done prior to HVAC
method being available, which one works best, who knows?. If a person makes CS 
by
what ever method and this works for them, then what does it matter which method
is used! I continually see postings that people spend hours making CS, I have
used  a Sota unit for several years which makes for me between 3 to 5 PPM  of CS
every time, mind you I make my own distilled water. I make a two lt. of CS in 40
minutes which test between 3 to 5 PPM, I equate the difference due to the
distilled water.  Water I find can be different each time it is distilled, and
nobody been able to prove otherwise to me up to this date.  I trust this answers
your question.
Blessings
Ted

rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

 In a message dated 7/3/00 1:30:23 PM EST, t...@home.com writes:

  What about Dr. Crooks studies that no pathogen he tested survived more
 than six
  minutes in a dish of colloidal silver, I doubt if they had this HVAC method
 at
  that time.
  Blessings
  Ted 

 Ted: Your not really implying that I think that LVDC CS doesn't work are you?
 If you think that look up my prior posts. Roger

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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-07-03 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 7/3/00 2:51:27 PM EST, t...@home.com writes:

 Hi Roger:
 Absolutely not, what I am saying is that these test were done prior to HVAC
 method being available, which one works best, who knows?. If a person makes 
CS by
 what ever method and this works for them, then what does it matter which 
method
 is used! I continually see postings that people spend hours making CS, I have
 used  a Sota unit for several years which makes for me between 3 to 5 PPM  
of CS
 every time, mind you I make my own distilled water. I make a two lt. of CS 
in 40
 minutes which test between 3 to 5 PPM, I equate the difference due to the
 distilled water.  Water I find can be different each time it is distilled, 
and
 nobody been able to prove otherwise to me up to this date.  I trust this 
answers
 your question.
 Blessings
 Ted 

Ted: I spent a great deal of time and money testing CS retention and 
elimination (using myself as a guinea pig) using CS generated from a DC 
SOURCE so I'm convinced that it works! What I don't like about it is that I 
have yet to produce a DC CS product that is stable for more than six weeks. I 
know it can be done; I just haven't been able to do it myself. I wonder how 
many silver listers have run into this same problem? And it IS a problem if 
the strength of your CS weakens over time, and you're not aware of it, how 
can you be sure that it is still potent enough to destroy those little 
critters just when you may need it the most? Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-22 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 11:00:04 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

  It appears that for optimum results you need for the voltage/frequency =
  150 or
   so.
 
  Marshall: How did you arrive at the 150 ratio?
 
 That seems to be optimum with 60 hertz, 10K volts.  Low voltage requires much
 lower alternation.  I am assuming a linear relationship, but it may not be.
 
  Incidentally, I was told by an
  electrical engineer who represents the manufacturer of my solid state (neon
  sign) HVAC power supply that its frequency is ~ 12000 Htz at 10,000 volts.
  Could you explain the discrepancy between that figure and the 60 Htz you
  assume for 10,000 volt AC?
 
 Sounds like you have one of the high frequency units that uses a small coil 
with a
 solid state switcher.  I use a plain old transformer that runs at line 
frequency.
 
 Marshall:

Marshall: Then how does the fact that close to a 1:1 ratio and 150:1 ratio 
impact my HVAC CS product?

Marshall: Perhaps some background on my power supply will help you answer: 
I'm pretty sure that the frequency in not 60 Htz. because a standard 
multimeter set to measure millamps reads a value that's nowhere close (much 
less as I recall) to the constant ~30 ma output that's supposed to be 
delivered by this unit. From what I understand, it seeks a voltage between 
4000 and 10,000 volts that will deliver this amperage. If system resistance 
is such that the required voltage falls outside this range it cannot operate 
(the power supply is then put on standby -- indicated by a flashing red light 
-- awaiting the resistance to falls into its range. For those not experienced 
with forming plasmas, air resistance can change abruptly and dramatically 
once a gas becomes ionized), although above 1 volts and below 15,000 
volts it's supposed to generate a reduced current, but I don't think this 
current is sufficient to produce an arc. 

Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-22 Thread Marshall Dudley
rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

 In a message dated 6/21/00 11:00:04 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

   It appears that for optimum results you need for the voltage/frequency =
   150 or
so.
  
   Marshall: How did you arrive at the 150 ratio?

  That seems to be optimum with 60 hertz, 10K volts.  Low voltage requires much
  lower alternation.  I am assuming a linear relationship, but it may not be.

   Incidentally, I was told by an
   electrical engineer who represents the manufacturer of my solid state (neon
   sign) HVAC power supply that its frequency is ~ 12000 Htz at 10,000 volts.
   Could you explain the discrepancy between that figure and the 60 Htz you
   assume for 10,000 volt AC?

  Sounds like you have one of the high frequency units that uses a small coil
 with a
  solid state switcher.  I use a plain old transformer that runs at line
 frequency.

  Marshall:

 Marshall: Then how does the fact that close to a 1:1 ratio and 150:1 ratio
 impact my HVAC CS product?

 Marshall: Perhaps some background on my power supply will help you answer:
 I'm pretty sure that the frequency in not 60 Htz. because a standard
 multimeter set to measure millamps reads a value that's nowhere close (much
 less as I recall) to the constant ~30 ma output that's supposed to be
 delivered by this unit. From what I understand, it seeks a voltage between
 4000 and 10,000 volts that will deliver this amperage. If system resistance
 is such that the required voltage falls outside this range it cannot operate
 (the power supply is then put on standby -- indicated by a flashing red light
 -- awaiting the resistance to falls into its range. For those not experienced
 with forming plasmas, air resistance can change abruptly and dramatically
 once a gas becomes ionized), although above 1 volts and below 15,000
 volts it's supposed to generate a reduced current, but I don't think this
 current is sufficient to produce an arc.

I have no idea.  Part of the reason for using high voltage at high frequencies 
it
so that the particles are sufficient far from the anode they all do not get 
pulled
back on the next half cycle.  At 10 Khtz, the period is so short, I am surprised
you get much production at all.  Perhaps convective currents are assisting by
adding stiring.

I am curious.  How long does it take to produce how much CS using what current?
My setup produces 200 ppm gallon per amp per hour (4 gallon per hour of 5 ppm at
100 mA).

Marshall


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-22 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/22/00 10:58:05 AM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

 I am curious.  How long does it take to produce how much CS using what 
current?
 My setup produces 200 ppm gallon per amp per hour (4 gallon per hour of 5 
ppm at
 100 mA).
 
 Marshall
  
Marshall: So your production rate is:

3.78 L/gal X 4 gal/hr X 5mgCS/L X 1/100 mA = 0.756 mg CS/ma(hr).

My effective production rate is (for sputtering and non-sputtering operation 
because sputtering, being somewhat tricky to attain, is achievable for only a 
small percentage of the time):

30.5 mg X 2.5 gal/7hr X 3.78 L/gal X 1/30 ma = 1.37 mg CS/ma(hr).

I am constantly working towards a higher sputtering percentage which I 
estimate is still substantially below 20% of operating time. However, I have 
good reason to believe (material balances for both submerged and 
arc-producing electrodes) that  about 95% of my production comes from 
sputtering alone.  

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CSEND OF - CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS (Thank God!)

2000-06-22 Thread Fred

At 11:02 PM 6/21/2000, you wrote:

 I can not test efficiency but they may have some
 slimy stuff  I can culture!
Maybe an ad in the paper,  Tough hold man looking for some slime to kill!



Fred: I'd love to see the results of side by side tests -- Fred's vintage
('93 was a good year, don't you think) LVDC CS vs Roger's HVAC (weird
science) CS. Of course, you'll run the tests at 1 PPM, right?
 1% it shall be!



 I have only one other sample now as the last one submitted leaked and
 dissolved the Bio-degradeable peanut packing ...

Fred: That HVAC CS is wicked stuff. Think it's the low pH, or the nitr ?
If it can kill a big peanut, bacteria should be easy - no 'N' words!
Roger


 Actually, the link I gave you before was not about structured water
http://www.digibio.com/cgi-bin/node.pl?lg=usnd=n4_1
but memory of water and his 1,000's of tests showed that he had to vortex
the water for 10 seconds (rapid mixing with pipetting (sp) had no effect) and
then he could dilute 100K:1 without a therapeutic loss.  I want to try that 
with

 our Cs, when the slime is found. May have to buy a microscope to do that!

Quoting him again:
we demonstrated that what supports the activity at high
  dilutions is not a molecule. (4) Whatever its nature, it is capable of 
'reproducing'
  subtle molecular variations, such as the rearrangement of the variable 
region of

  an IgG (anti-E versus anti-gamma) molecule.

Water could act as a 'template' for the molecule, for example by an infinite
  hydrogen-bonded network, or electric and magnetic fields.

Heating, freeze-thawing or ultrasonication suppressed the
  activity of highly diluted solutions, but not the activity of several active
  compounds at high concentrations. A striking feature was that molecules
  reacted to heat according to their distinctive heat sensitivity, whereas 
all highly

  diluted solutions ceased to be active between 70 and 8O°C.

(Reread that last sentence a few times! The structuring is erasable!)

Thanks for getting the sample off to me - I will  not be a smart alec with 
the tests!


f...@health2us.com

Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 0:26:27 AM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

 Fred: What did Harry Truman say about heat in the kitchen...?
   You are as sympathetic as my ex - do you ever have any compasion, at all?

Fred: We're supposed to be having a logical exchange of ideas which means you 
should devoted the time required to provide a considered opinion. Anyone who 
is putting in the kind of hours you are doing disserves my and everyone elses 
compassion. Perhaps you should step back and ask yourself is this (situation) 
what I want out of life right now, or am I working myself into a basket case 
for some improvement in the future?
 
   Fred: I was wondering of the people who produce LVDC CS, what percentage 
of
   the time do they see a degradation (deeper color, black silver powder
   dropping out, etc.) of their product over time? Perhaps, Fred, you'd like 
to
   carry the ball on this one by repeating this question every time you post
   something.
 
   Respectfully, Roger
 
   Thanks for the Respectfully, but I am annoying enough already to some,
   to want to keep repeating myself! I can give you a general answer from
   both the questions posted and my experience!
 
   The simpler setups with no circulation and normal electrode spacing
   will have the problem, as a dense ion cloud forms and promotes
   nucleation/crystallization and there are generally conductive stringers
   that form to the bottom and or negative electrode.  It is more often
   referred to as slimy stings and never as a powder, unless disturbed
   (shaken) violently. The fall out may be immediate and prolonged, as
   the many nucleation sites allow continued degradation. Very operator
   and process dependent (and phase of the moon).
 
 Fred: I think you explained very well my main complaint with this very
 popular and related LVDC CS methods.
 Yes, and it would also apply to the weird science HVAC process, which sadly
 none of the inventors or re-discoverers can explain  - just claiming it 
 is better!

Fred: Well, as I see it I, you (you've taken the role of debunker which is 
fine because we need a cummugion to make us think up answers to your 
questions) and some others are working hard attempting to uncover HVAC CS 
secrets. The fact that it can work so effectively a ~1 PPM without knowing 
exactly why should not deter us. After all, we can't explain a lot of 
phenomena, but we take advantage of many of them non the less.
 
 Those that use batteries often report crystal clear product, when the
 batteries are dead! (Really, I heard it reported a few times - one kind soul
 even offered to  provide a time to replace battery email service.)
 
   The some what popular reversing polarity process prevents the
   stringers and tends to blow the reduced ions off  the negative electrode
   and they will in time settle as a dark powder.  Looks a lot better tho'
   and could be a better product if done right.
 
 Fred: Yes, we hear that key phrase again, if done right.
 
 Seems to fit everything in life - they all have a right and wrong way - only
 the individual can make that choice. I chose LVDC and you HVAC!

Fred: I think you're missing the point. If it is easy to make bad LVDC CS 
then that's a practical drawback of the LVDC method.
 
 I expect it is closer to a HV setup - more atoms then ions - but can not
 count them!
 
   The better approach of very light circulation prevents crystal growth and
   or stringers but there are often a few curls of reduced ion growth that
   will fall from the negative and settle immediately to the bottom. We just
   decant, to avoid it.
 
 Fred: Ah, but can you be sure you don't have large clusters remaining, ready
 to flocculate into larger units (and drop out) tomorrow, in two weeks, two
 months ...?
 I got LVDC Cs!
 Would 18 month old product with no settlement or reduction in TDS satisfy 
you!

Fred: Is everyone as fortunate as you?
 
 Those that like power and use excessive circulation will produce results the
 same as polarity reversals, ripping reduced ions free.
 
   The problems are much worse (and more often posted) with small area
   electrodes (wire) vs. wide strips or bars. A critical element, ignored by
   most, is the need to keep the current density low - stringers of course
   totally defeat that goal and crystal growth accelerates with higher 
current
   density.
 
 Fred: Practically speaking, how many non-engineers or non-scientifically 
bent
 LVDC CS makers will appreciate this excellent point? How many reading your
 comments really know what you are talking about? How many are swallowing a
 poor product right now that may not only have inferior bioavailability, but
 could constitute some longer term health risk?
 Do your own annoying surveys, it is too hot in my kitchen!

Fred: Touchy, touchy.
 
 I do believe only the substance abusers (Cs by the quart or wacky unknown
 500PPM stuff) risk their health from inferior product but I have stronger 
 concerns
 about the still 

Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
Fred wrote:

 Yes, and it would also apply to the weird science HVAC process,
 which sadly
 none of the inventors or re-discoverers can explain  - just claiming
 it is better!

What is it that cannot be explained?  I am not aware of any great
mystery about it.  The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete
lack of sludge, 100% of the silver goes into the colloid.  And yes that
can be explained, I have already done so on this list previously.

Marshall


Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread James Allison
Somebody Said...
The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete lack of sludge, 100% of 
the silver goes into the colloid.


My Opinion:
  There is not a lack of sludge as the sludge is expelled into the water in 
such a minute size that it cannot be seen.  Just because you can't see it, 
doesn't mean it's not there.  And yes, all of the silver goes into the colloid, 
positive charged and otherwise.

Are these a good thing or a bad thing?
  I don't know.

Does it work, is it effective?
  Obviously so.

Is it a better product, more effective than LVDC?

  Maybe if we all agreed that everybodys internal system is different and 
unique, and maybe, just perhaps, LVDC works better on some peoples systems, and 
HVAC works better on some peoples systems (as is the case with many healing 
things), then maybe we can get on with bigger and better things.
Yours in health,
James Allison

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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
James Allison wrote:

 Somebody Said...
 The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete lack of sludge,
 100% of the silver goes into the colloid.


 My Opinion:

  There is not a lack of sludge as the sludge is expelled
  into the water in such a minute size that it cannot be
  seen.  Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not
  there.  And yes, all of the silver goes into the colloid,
  positive charged and otherwise.


What is your definition of sludge.  100% of the silver goes into the
colloid.  I have never seen sludge.  I would expect that if there was
any sludge then it would settle out when left standing for several
days.  This does not happen.

Also I see no way sludge could be made using HVAC.  Unlike the DC
process, there is no population of monotomic O molecules at the
electrode to react with the silver, and even if it did, then the
hydrogen produced on the other half cycle would strip it off a few
milliseconds later leaving a silver atom.

Any atoms of silver which accumulate on the electrode while it is
negative which might cause silver sludge in a DC process is immediately
sent back into the water as a colloid on the next half cycleas well.

Why do you think that sludge is formed?

Marshall


Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread James Allison
You said:

  Any atoms of silver which accumulate on the electrode while it is negative 
which might cause silver sludge in a DC process is immediately sent back into 
the water as a colloid on the next half cycleas well. 

  Why do you think that sludge is formed?



And I say:

Hey, I prefaced that whole thing by stating that it was an opinion.  But I've 
said it before, and I'll say it again...

- begin rant -

In an AC powered operation as some others are promoting, where the polarity is 
constantly switched, other undesirable things may happen; it is known that in 
all electro-colloidal silver generating processes, some charge stripping of 
silver ions does occur as they come in contact with the cathode, resulting in 
their gaining electrons, and the resulting reduction to atomic silver particles 
(without the charge that is said to produce the pathogen disabling effect.) In 
a DC system, these reduced metallic particles remain as a grayish 'sludge' 
buildup on the surface of the cathode, and eventually are very visible at 
higher current levels. In a system where the polarity is switched constantly, 
this sludge is propelled and dispersed back into the water continuously, as 
evidenced by the 'clean electrodes' spoken of.

Mechanical effects of redispersal of plated out silver sludge from the 
cathode will occur at higher concentrations and especially at higher currents, 
especially if AC is used, resulting in much coarser, uncharged metallic silver 
particles than may be desired floating about in your product. Filtering with 
good lab quality filter media may be able to remove some of this non-ionic 
silver; settling of most of the really larger particle clumps might also 
occur within 72 hours, I'd estimate, if the particles are not too fine. I guess 
the question is this; are the positively charged colloidal silver ions, (as 
produced in a DC process), what you want in your product, or do you want 
non-charged 'non-ionic' metallic silver particles, as produced in the AC 
processes? From what I have researched and what I understand at this time, I'd 
stay with Dr. Becker's recommendations myself, and try to produce the 
positively charged Colloidal Silver Ions with a DC process.

[To summarize this for the technically inclined] please consider carefully 
that, just as positively charged silver ions are generated into the system at 
the anode, they are attracted to the negatively charged cathode. Many stay in 
the colloidal suspension, but as the concentration of silver ions build up, and 
the current flow through the system increases, more and more silver ions are 
drawn to, and come in contact with the cathode. When they do this, they are 
stripped of their positive charge, and 'plate out' on the surface of the 
cathode as a visible 'sludge', but do not bond to the surface structure - they 
accumulate as larger groups of loosely bonded, uncharged silver particles. If 
what I understand Dr. Becker and others to be saying is true, these uncharged 
silver particles, what I refer to as the 'silver sludge' formed at the cathode, 
should be removed if possible from your finished product.

Using a DC power source, with no polarity reversal, is my strong recommendation 
(and that of many others) for predictably generating positively charged 
colloidal silver particles (biologically active silver ions) in your product, 
while controlling silver 'sludge' dispersal problems.  [Note that this DC 
supply can be produced either from an AC source, rectified, regulated, and 
filtered, or from a battery supply.] Electroplaters have long known that a well 
rectified DC power source was required to generate and manipulate metallic ions 
in their processes to achieve the desired results.

-- end rant --

The above rant was taken from...
http://web.idirect.com/~showcase/althealth/makecs.htm

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  - Original Message - 
  From: Marshall Dudley 
  To: silver-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:22 AM
  Subject: Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS


  James Allison wrote: 
Somebody Said...
The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete lack of sludge, 100% 
of the silver goes into the colloid.


My Opinion: 
  There is not a lack of sludge as the sludge is expelled into the water 
in such a minute size that it cannot be seen.  Just because you can't see it, 
doesn't mean it's not there.  And yes, all of the silver goes into the colloid, 
positive charged and otherwise.

  What is your definition of sludge.  100% of the silver goes into the colloid. 
 I have never seen sludge.  I would expect that if there was any

Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 12:16:10 PM EST, apothec...@home.com writes:

 Somebody Said...
 The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete lack of sludge, 100% of 
the silver goes into the colloid.
 
 
 My Opinion:
   There is not a lack of sludge as the sludge is expelled into the water 
in such a minute size that it cannot be seen. 

James: How do you know that a sludge is formed in the first place?


Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.  And yes, all of 
the silver goes into the colloid, positive charged and otherwise.
 
 Are these a good thing or a bad thing?
   I don't know.
 
 Does it work, is it effective?
   Obviously so.
 
 Is it a better product, more effective than LVDC?
 
   Maybe if we all agreed that everybodys internal system is different and 
unique, and maybe, just perhaps, LVDC works better on some peoples systems, 
and HVAC works better on some peoples systems (as is the case with many 
healing things), then maybe we can get on with bigger and better things.

James: There's a reasonable chance that the HVAC may also produce (along with 
CS) structured water which could account for its efficacy at ~1 PPM or 
perhaps lower. I think that's pretty exciting. So tell me what's bigger and 
better than that?

Roger 


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 2:10:57 PM EST, apothec...@home.com writes:

 In an AC powered operation as some others are promoting, where the 
polarity is constantly switched, other undesirable things may happen; it is 
known that in all electro-colloidal silver generating processes, some charge 
stripping of silver ions does occur as they come in contact with the cathode, 
resulting in their gaining electrons, and the resulting reduction to atomic 
silver particles (without the charge that is said to produce the pathogen 
disabling effect.) In a DC system, these reduced metallic particles remain as 
a grayish 'sludge' buildup on the surface of the cathode, and eventually are 
very visible at higher current levels. In a system where the polarity is 
switched constantly, this sludge is propelled and dispersed back into the 
water continuously, as evidenced by the 'clean electrodes' spoken of.

 Mechanical effects of redispersal of plated out silver sludge from the 
cathode will occur at higher concentrations and especially at higher 
currents, especially if AC is used, resulting in much coarser, uncharged 
metallic silver particles than may be desired floating about in your product. 
Filtering with good lab quality filter media may be able to remove some of 
this non-ionic silver; settling of most of the really larger particle 
clumps might also occur within 72 hours, I'd estimate, if the particles are 
not too fine. I guess the question is this; are the positively charged 
colloidal silver ions, (as produced in a DC process), what you want in your 
product, or do you want non-charged 'non-ionic' metallic silver particles, as 
produced in the AC processes? From what I have researched and what I 
understand at this time, I'd stay with Dr. Becker's recommendations myself, 
and try to produce the positively charged Colloidal Silver Ions with a DC 
process.

James: The statement above could be taken as a working hypothesis. Your next 
step is to produce data which support this argument. Since HVAC CS is stable 
over time (this is, there's no sludge to drop out so where's the sludge), the 
weight of the evidence, so far, does NOT support this hypothesis.
 


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CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-21 Thread Fred

Sorry Marshall, I left out the arc part, which is the wierder
part of the process - why use a high temperature arc in air?
(To vaporize the silver and spalt it into the water but also
breakdown the air)

Of course I can also add:
 why us 10,000 volts for a 2 volt  DC process? and..
 why not use polarity reversing LVDC?, if you just want
  to get all of the released silver into solution?

Some will reply that the feature is that it produces in volume,
but the 100 volt pickle jar array recently posted also will!

f...@health2us.com

At 01:50 PM 6/21/2000, you wrote:

Fred wrote:
Yes, and it would also apply to the weird science HVAC process, which 
sadly
none of the inventors or re-discoverers can explain  - just claiming it 
is better!
What is it that cannot be explained?  I am not aware of any great mystery 
about it.  The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete lack of 
sludge, 100% of the silver goes into the colloid.  And yes that can be 
explained, I have already done so on this list previously.


Marshall


Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
James Allison wrote:

  You said:

  Any atoms of silver which accumulate on the electrode while
  it is negative which might cause silver sludge in a DC
  process is immediately sent back into the water as a colloid
  on the next half cycleas well.

  Why do you think that sludge is formed?

 And I say:

 Hey, I prefaced that whole thing by stating that it was an opinion.
 But I've said it before, and I'll say it again...

 - begin rant -

 In an AC powered operation as some others are promoting, where the
 polarity is constantly switched, other undesirable things may happen;
 it is known that in all electro-colloidal silver generating processes,
 some charge stripping of silver ions does occur as they come in
 contact with the cathode, resulting in their gaining electrons, and
 the resulting reduction to atomic silver particles (without the charge
 that is said to produce the pathogen disabling effect.) In a DC
 system, these reduced metallic particles remain as a grayish 'sludge'
 buildup on the surface of the cathode, and eventually are very visible
 at higher current levels. In a system where the polarity is switched
 constantly, this sludge is propelled and dispersed back into the water
 continuously, as evidenced by the 'clean electrodes' spoken of.

 When the positively charged silver particles contact the cathode they
 gain electrons and become plain old silver again.  That is what the
 electrode is made of in the first place.  Why would the silver get
 propelled off?  It has no charge, thus has no force from the electric
 potential to propel it off as large particles.  Instead, it simple
 becomes part of the silver of the cathode, to be emitted as a colloid
 when it becomes the anode, which involves stripping the electrons off
 again.  No sludge is formed.

 Mechanical effects of redispersal of plated out silver sludge from
 the cathode will occur at higher concentrations and especially at
 higher currents, especially if AC is used, resulting in much coarser,
 uncharged metallic silver particles than may be desired floating about
 in your product.

 I still see no way that sludge would be formed.  Within 1 cycle of a
 silver particle getting deposited onto the cathode and gaining an
 electron, it will become the anode, and the atom will lose an electron
 or more, become positive, and go out into the water as a Colloidal
 suspension.  This is no different than any other atom of silver on the
 electrode.  Sludge is formed by particles accumulating on the cathode
 and coalescing, or silver being oxidized on the cathode until they
 become so big they fall off from the gravity.  Reversal takes place so
 quickly particle size can never build up sufficient for the particle
 to fall off from gravity.  They simply go back out atom by atom, to
 become colloid, just like any of the atoms on the silver anode do.

 Filtering with good lab quality filter media may be able to remove
 some of this non-ionic silver; settling of most of the really larger
 particle clumps might also occur within 72 hours, I'd estimate, if
 the particles are not too fine.

 I get no settling even after a week.  I have never seen any sludge in
 my HVAC setup, and theoretically I can see no way it can occur.

 I guess the question is this; are the positively charged colloidal
 silver ions, (as produced in a DC process), what you want in your
 product, or do you want non-charged 'non-ionic' metallic silver
 particles, as produced in the AC processes?

 Huh?  If they are non-charged and non-ionic they would fall out of
 suspension rapidly.  They do not. Both DC and AC methods produce
 identical CS off the anode.  The difference is on the cathode.  In the
 DC method the silver collects, forms large particles, or react with O,
 and eventually falls off as sludge, in the AC process, they go back
 out as charged atoms of silver again, just like any of the electrode
 would.

 I don't know where you are getting this non-charged idea from, but it
 is wrong.

 From what I have researched and what I understand at this time, I'd
 stay with Dr. Becker's recommendations myself, and try to produce the
 positively charged Colloidal Silver Ions with a DC process.

 Electricity is electricity.  When the ions leave the electrode they
 are charged.  There is no way the ion knows that the anode will become
 a cathode later and thus decides to not be charged.

 [To summarize this for the technically inclined] please consider
 carefully that, just as positively charged silver ions are generated
 into the system at the anode, they are attracted to the negatively
 charged cathode. Many stay in the colloidal suspension, but as the
 concentration of silver ions build up, and the current flow through
 the system increases, more and more silver ions are drawn to, and come
 in contact with the cathode. When they do this, they are stripped of
 their positive charge, and 'plate out' on the surface of the cathode
 as a visible 'sludge', 

Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread James Allison
 James: There's a reasonable chance that the HVAC may also produce (along
with
 CS) structured water which could account for its efficacy at ~1 PPM or
 perhaps lower. I think that's pretty exciting. So tell me what's bigger
and
 better than that?

 Roger

I'm still out to lunch on the structured water, as I only have a very basic
understanding of it.  From what I understand (and please correct me if I'm
wrong), water in it's natural form, e.g. lakes, streams, rivers, etc., is
structured water.  When we put pressure on it and run it through our
plumbing, plus possibly when we add chlorine to it, we re-structure it into
an unnatural formation (atom wise that is).

If this is true, then there is a very simple way to restructure it
naturally, and that is to take a pint, a gallon, a drum or whatever amount
your heart desires, make sure it is in a clear container that has a wide
mouth with no cover and set it in the sun for at least half an hour, and
then either leave it in the sun or bring it out of the sun for another 6
hours.  From what I understand, it's as simple as that.  I don't have the
data that was used, because my ex-partner has it all, and he's the one that
explained it to me.  Supposedly they've done extensive testing on it.

What I do know is that for my own personal CS, I use distilled water that I
have done the above process to, and I think it turns out a better brew.  I
can't back it with the hard data, it's just a gut instinct, and a warm fuzzy
feeling I get when I drink it :)

Yours in health,
James Allison

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CSEND OF - CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS (Thank God!)

2000-06-21 Thread Fred

Roger said:
Fred: We're supposed to be having a logical exchange of ideas which means you
should devoted the time required to provide a considered opinion. Anyone who
is putting in the kind of hours you are doing disserves my and everyone elses
compassion. Perhaps you should step back and ask yourself is this (situation)
what I want out of life right now, or am I working myself into a basket case
for some improvement in the future?
(I am addicted to programming in the Perl language - usually 'til 3 A.M.!)

and:
Fred: I'll do you one better...Promise me that you'll test my product for
safety and efficacy (not counting itsi, bitsi charged, and uncharged
particles which MAY or MAY NOT correlate to ANYTHING) and I'll send you a
sample.

Roger

Guess it is time to get back to work! I hear what are they talking about
chatter and we are taking a lot of bandwidth with our jousting match - I
would love to get a sample and test however I can! I am hopeful of
enrolling a friend in the local water works to run some tests for me! They
have become so well equipped and staffed that they do contract work for
outsiders and our local water report shows tests results for over 50 items,
mostly in the PPB range. I can not test efficiency but they may have some
slimy stuff  I can culture!

PII, 3516 Delilah Drive, Cape Coral, FL. 33993

I have only one other sample now as the last one submitted leaked and
dissolved the Bio-degradeable peanut packing and then the bottles broke.
Hopefully I will wind up with a few I can present for tests. Like most
government workers, they are subject to bribes - FREE Cs for life?

Cordially, Fred

Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
James Allison wrote:

  James: There's a reasonable chance that the HVAC may also produce (along
 with
  CS) structured water which could account for its efficacy at ~1 PPM or
  perhaps lower. I think that's pretty exciting. So tell me what's bigger
 and
  better than that?
 
  Roger

 I'm still out to lunch on the structured water, as I only have a very basic
 understanding of it.  From what I understand (and please correct me if I'm
 wrong), water in it's natural form, e.g. lakes, streams, rivers, etc., is
 structured water.  When we put pressure on it and run it through our
 plumbing, plus possibly when we add chlorine to it, we re-structure it into
 an unnatural formation (atom wise that is).

 If this is true, then there is a very simple way to restructure it
 naturally, and that is to take a pint, a gallon, a drum or whatever amount
 your heart desires, make sure it is in a clear container that has a wide
 mouth with no cover and set it in the sun for at least half an hour, and
 then either leave it in the sun or bring it out of the sun for another 6
 hours.  From what I understand, it's as simple as that.  I don't have the
 data that was used, because my ex-partner has it all, and he's the one that
 explained it to me.  Supposedly they've done extensive testing on it.

 What I do know is that for my own personal CS, I use distilled water that I
 have done the above process to, and I think it turns out a better brew.  I
 can't back it with the hard data, it's just a gut instinct, and a warm fuzzy
 feeling I get when I drink it :)


It is my understanding that water has many different possible structures.
Supposedly that is one theory of how homeopathics work, the water is structured
by what was added before dilution.

If steam distill water, and do not expose it to anything that will structure it,
including magnetic fields, then it is considered unstructured.

Magnetics, as well as a lot of other things can structure water, including
adding things and shaking it, ie. homeopathics.  Using a spectrophotometer I
have determined that totally unexpected things can structure water.  For
instance, I have put water over a magnet, various crystals, and near various
rings of metal that suppose to have healing powers, and have had people with
healing energy hold their hands over water.  In all cases, a change was easily
seen by the instrument.

And different items gave a different resonse, but I have no idea how to
interpret it.


Marshall



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CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Fred

At 01:50 PM 6/21/2000, you wrote:

James Allison wrote:

Somebody Said...
The primary advantage I see off hand is the complete lack of sludge, 100% 
of the silver goes into the colloid.



My Opinion:
There is not a lack of sludge as the sludge is expelled into the water 
in such a minute size that it cannot be seen.  Just because you can't see 
it, doesn't mean it's not there.  And yes, all of the silver goes into 
the colloid, positive charged and otherwise.



What is your definition of sludge.  100% of the silver goes into the 
colloid.  I have never seen sludge.  I would expect that if there was any 
sludge then it would settle out when left standing for several days.  This 
does not happen.


Also I see no way sludge could be made using HVAC.  Unlike the DC process, 
there is no population of monotomic O molecules at the electrode to react 
with the silver, and even if it did, then the hydrogen produced on the 
other half cycle would strip it off a few milliseconds later leaving a 
silver atom.


Any atoms of silver which accumulate on the electrode while it is negative 
which might cause silver sludge in a DC process is immediately sent back 
into the water as a colloid on the next half cycleas well.


Why do you think that sludge is formed?

Marshall


The generally accepted word on this list for the dark deposits on the 
negative electrode with the
non-reversed LVDC process has been sludge! They are atoms of silver 
(reduced ions) and will
grow into loosely bound snow-flake like crystals.  I believe James was 
referring to those atoms,
(non-charged) which surely are formed and thrown back into the solution 
.  The fact they do not
settle (anyone have HVAC product a 6 months to year old to check?) would 
indicate they are not
joined to others and thus of an atomic size which the water may keep in 
suspension. My interest
is if they are as effective internally, as a positively charged ion of 
silver, in the chemical sense!


f...@health2us.com

Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 3:45:09 PM EST, apothec...@home.com writes:

  Roger
 
 I'm still out to lunch on the structured water, 

James: I supprised you said that about yourself. Are you sure you weren't 
referring to me?


as I only have a very basic understanding of it.  From what I understand (and 
please correct me if I'm
 wrong), water in it's natural form, e.g. lakes, streams, rivers, etc., is
 structured water.  When we put pressure on it and run it through our
 plumbing, plus possibly when we add chlorine to it, we re-structure it into
 an unnatural formation (atom wise that is).
 
 If this is true, then there is a very simple way to restructure it
 naturally, and that is to take a pint, a gallon, a drum or whatever amount
 your heart desires, make sure it is in a clear container that has a wide
 mouth with no cover and set it in the sun for at least half an hour, and
 then either leave it in the sun or bring it out of the sun for another 6
 hours.  From what I understand, it's as simple as that.  I don't have the
 data that was used, because my ex-partner has it all, and he's the one that
 explained it to me.  Supposedly they've done extensive testing on it.

James: The first step before we can discuss structured water from a 
scientific standpoint is to define what it is. Since I haven't a clue as to 
how to define it,  I'm with you on this one; we're probably both out to lunch.
 
Roger 


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 4:05:41 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

 Magnetics, as well as a lot of other things can structure water, including
 adding things and shaking it, ie. homeopathics.  Using a spectrophotometer I
 have determined that totally unexpected things can structure water.  For
 instance, I have put water over a magnet, various crystals, and near various
 rings of metal that suppose to have healing powers, and have had people with
 healing energy hold their hands over water.  In all cases, a change was 
easily
 seen by the instrument.
 
 And different items gave a different resonse, but I have no idea how to
 interpret it.
 
 
Marshall:

Tell us more about your spectrophotometric measurements of structured water. 
If you prefer to do it off-line that's fine.

Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread James Allison
 Marshall:

 Tell us more about your spectrophotometric measurements of structured
water.
 If you prefer to do it off-line that's fine.

 Roger

I want in on this too please ;)


Yours in health,
James Allison



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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread CKing001
I think, perhaps, the fuzzy feeling is the sludge?
Chuck
667-   The Wrong Number of the Beast !

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:43:00 -0700, James Allison apothec...@home.com wrote:

What I do know is that for my own personal CS, I use distilled water that I
have done the above process to, and I think it turns out a better brew.  I
can't back it with the hard data, it's just a gut instinct, and a warm fuzzy
feeling I get when I drink it :)

Yours in health,
James Allison


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Pamela Grant
In a message dated 6/21/00 3:45:09 PM EST, apothec...@home.com writes:

  Roger

 I'm still out to lunch on the structured water,

James: I supprised you said that about yourself. Are you sure you weren't
referring to me?


as I only have a very basic understanding of it.  From what I understand (and
please correct me if I'm
 wrong), water in it's natural form, e.g. lakes, streams, rivers, etc., is
 structured water.  When we put pressure on it and run it through our
 plumbing, plus possibly when we add chlorine to it, we re-structure it into
 an unnatural formation (atom wise that is).

 If this is true, then there is a very simple way to restructure it
 naturally, and that is to take a pint, a gallon, a drum or whatever amount
 your heart desires, make sure it is in a clear container that has a wide
 mouth with no cover and set it in the sun for at least half an hour, and
 then either leave it in the sun or bring it out of the sun for another 6
 hours.  From what I understand, it's as simple as that.  I don't have the
 data that was used, because my ex-partner has it all, and he's the one that
 explained it to me.  Supposedly they've done extensive testing on it.

James: The first step before we can discuss structured water from a
scientific standpoint is to define what it is. Since I haven't a clue as to
how to define it,  I'm with you on this one; we're probably both out to lunch.

Roger

(The Japanese research utilizes a magnetic resonance imaging)

This beautifully organized water(scientists also call it structured
water) is important because it is more mobile thatn other water and more
efficient.

Hmmm...a defintion. As I have read, even the scientists say it is difficult
to  explain even the basics of such complex water technology and, second,
the results and development---go figure.

In Search of TRUTH Always,
Pam



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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-21 Thread Pamela Grant
In a message dated 6/21/00 4:05:41 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

 Magnetics, as well as a lot of other things can structure water, including
 adding things and shaking it, ie. homeopathics.  Using a spectrophotometer I
 have determined that totally unexpected things can structure water.  For
 instance, I have put water over a magnet, various crystals, and near various
 rings of metal that suppose to have healing powers, and have had people with
 healing energy hold their hands over water.  In all cases, a change was
easily
 seen by the instrument.

 And different items gave a different resonse, but I have no idea how to
 interpret it.


Marshall:

Tell us more about your spectrophotometric measurements of structured water.
If you prefer to do it off-line that's fine.

Roger


Would like that also to be shared

PG



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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 5:08:04 PM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

 Sorry Marshall, I left out the arc part, which is the wierder
 part of the process - why use a high temperature arc in air?
 (To vaporize the silver and spalt it into the water but also
 breakdown the air)
 
 Of course I can also add:
   why us 10,000 volts for a 2 volt  DC process? and..
   why not use polarity reversing LVDC?, if you just want
to get all of the released silver into solution?
 
 Some will reply that the feature is that it produces in volume,
 but the 100 volt pickle jar array recently posted also will!

Fred: Another feature of the sputtered version of the HVAC CS process is that 
you can make very high CS concentrations which may provide an advantage for 
treating Lyme disease as well as other tough bugs.

Roger 
 
 f...@health2us.com
  


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Re: CSEND OF - CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS (Thank God!)

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 7:07:39 PM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

 Roger
 
 Guess it is time to get back to work! I hear what are they talking about
 chatter and we are taking a lot of bandwidth with our jousting match -

Fred: Yes, we may be taking some bandwidth, but it's also a tad more 
important,  IMHO, then exchanging home remedies.
 
 would love to get a sample and test however I can! 

Fred: I'll send you a liter of my 1 PPM HVAC CS brew. Knock yourself out! 

I am hopeful of enrolling a friend in the local water works to run some tests 
for me! They have become so well equipped and staffed that they do contract 
work for
 outsiders and our local water report shows tests results for over 50 items,
 mostly in the PPB range. I can not test efficiency but they may have some
 slimy stuff  I can culture!

Fred: I'd love to see the results of side by side tests -- Fred's vintage 
('93 was a good year, don't you think) LVDC CS vs Roger's HVAC (weird 
science) CS. Of course, you'll run the tests at 1 PPM, right?
 
 PII, 3516 Delilah Drive, Cape Coral, FL. 33993
 
 I have only one other sample now as the last one submitted leaked and
 dissolved the Bio-degradeable peanut packing ...

Fred: That HVAC CS is wicked stuff. Think it's the low pH, or the nitr ?

Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

 In a message dated 6/21/00 5:08:04 PM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

  Sorry Marshall, I left out the arc part, which is the wierder
  part of the process - why use a high temperature arc in air?
  (To vaporize the silver and spalt it into the water but also
  breakdown the air)


I know nothing of the arc process, but what that 100 year old book said, and 
that
did not look particularly good.


  Of course I can also add:
why us 10,000 volts for a 2 volt  DC process? and..
why not use polarity reversing LVDC?, if you just want
 to get all of the released silver into solution?


It appears that for optimum results you need for the voltage/frequency = 150 or
so.  Thus for 60 htz, optimum voltage is about 10K, and for 30 volts the 
polarity
reversing should be about .2 hertz or once every 10 seconds or so (assuming a
linear relationship).  It has to do with the diffusion rate from the cathode,
reversal should occur when the ions near, but have not reached the cathode yet.
If course the distance between the electrodes is very important since the closer
they are together the quicker the ions can move across the distance.


  Some will reply that the feature is that it produces in volume,
  but the 100 volt pickle jar array recently posted also will!


Produces in volume (I get 4 gallons an hour), plus no sludge at all, which the
pickle jar array may, provided polarity reversal is encorporated, but then it
would really be an AC process simply using a lower voltage and frequency.


 Fred: Another feature of the sputtered version of the HVAC CS process is that
 you can make very high CS concentrations which may provide an advantage for
 treating Lyme disease as well as other tough bugs.

I cannot comment on the sputtered version, have no experience with it.  The few
times I have thrown an arc it has broken my barrier tubes.

Marshall


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-21 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/21/00 9:18:05 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

 It appears that for optimum results you need for the voltage/frequency = 
150 or
 so. 

Marshall: How did you arrive at the 150 ratio? Incidentally, I was told by an 
electrical engineer who represents the manufacturer of my solid state (neon 
sign) HVAC power supply that its frequency is ~ 12000 Htz at 10,000 volts. 
Could you explain the discrepancy between that figure and the 60 Htz you 
assume for 10,000 volt AC?

Roger

Roger

Thus for 60 htz, optimum voltage is about 10K, and for 30 volts the polarity
 reversing should be about .2 hertz or once every 10 seconds or so (assuming a
 linear relationship).  It has to do with the diffusion rate from the cathode,
 reversal should occur when the ions near, but have not reached the cathode 
yet.
 If course the distance between the electrodes is very important since the 
closer
 they are together the quicker the ions can move across the distance. 


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S

2000-06-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
rogalt...@aol.com wrote:

 In a message dated 6/21/00 9:18:05 PM EST, mdud...@execonn.com writes:

  It appears that for optimum results you need for the voltage/frequency =
 150 or
  so.

 Marshall: How did you arrive at the 150 ratio?

That seems to be optimum with 60 hertz, 10K volts.  Low voltage requires much
lower alternation.  I am assuming a linear relationship, but it may not be.

 Incidentally, I was told by an
 electrical engineer who represents the manufacturer of my solid state (neon
 sign) HVAC power supply that its frequency is ~ 12000 Htz at 10,000 volts.
 Could you explain the discrepancy between that figure and the 60 Htz you
 assume for 10,000 volt AC?

Sounds like you have one of the high frequency units that uses a small coil 
with a
solid state switcher.  I use a plain old transformer that runs at line 
frequency.

Marshall


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CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread Fred

At 09:00 PM 6/19/2000, you wrote:

Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
or clean is still questionable!)

Is his HVAC CS low ph?  Mine is essentially the same as the distilled 
water was that I started with, about 7.

Marshall

As stated, he provides no tech data other then size and shelf life and it 
is better then other stuff. No idea if

arc, shielded, submerged, etc.

f...@health2us.com

CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread Fred

At 09:00 PM 6/19/2000, you wrote:

 Alvin said:
 Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
 http://colloidal.hypermart.net
 another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
 use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?
 --
 Well, I had not visited his site for years so I decided to review it
 for you Alvin - below are some questionable statements of his:
   (This is not a personal attack,  text is taken in context from his
   widely published comparison of the LV and HVAC processes.
 My comments are in blue!)

 Bruce Marx is an N.D., a licensed Chief Engineer (CSPRO)
 He is the originator of the HVAC process
   (Many will argue that, unless Bruce is very, very old! Roger
 said HE re invented it 100 years too late!)

Fred: Here goes picky me again, but this time I'll try to be more civil.
First, I think David Ripley was marketing an HVAC CS machine before Bruce.
Second, I never claimed I invented anything. I believe, if you'll check the
record, I said I rediscovered the sputtered form of the HVAC CS process
100 years too late. Small detail perhaps, but you'll find the devil hidden
in many mistaken/omitted details.


Look again Roger, I said above:  Roger said HE re invented it 100 years 
too late


You have to give me some latitude in words Roger, I have digital data overload
problems from working two computers 10 hours a day 7 days a week with my
many web businesses and ecommerce site designs (doing 50 now) and can
barely remember what I said a few days ago, let alone what you said! Only my
Eudora spell checker makes any of it readable.

Fred: I was wondering of the people who produce LVDC CS, what percentage of
the time do they see a degradation (deeper color, black silver powder
dropping out, etc.) of their product over time? Perhaps, Fred, you'd like to
carry the ball on this one by repeating this question every time you post
something.

Respectfully, Roger

Thanks for the Respectfully, but I am annoying enough already to some,
to want to keep repeating myself! I can give you a general answer from
both the questions posted and my experience!

The simpler setups with no circulation and normal electrode spacing
will have the problem, as a dense ion cloud forms and promotes
nucleation/crystallization and there are generally conductive stringers
that form to the bottom and or negative electrode.  It is more often
referred to as slimy stings and never as a powder, unless disturbed
(shaken) violently. The fall out may be immediate and prolonged, as
the many nucleation sites allow continued degradation. Very operator
and process dependent (and phase of the moon). Those that use
batteries often report crystal clear product, when the batteries are dead!
(Really, I heard it reported a few times - one kind soul even offered to
provide a time to replace battery email service.)

The some what popular reversing polarity process prevents the
stringers and tends to blow the reduced ions off  the negative electrode
and they will in time settle as a dark powder.  Looks a lot better tho'
and could be a better product if done right. I expect it is closer to a HV
setup - more atoms then ions - but can not count them!

The better approach of very light circulation prevents crystal growth and
or stringers but there are often a few curls of reduced ion growth that
will fall from the negative and settle immediately to the bottom. We just
decant, to avoid it.  Those that like power and use excessive circulation
will produce results the same as polarity reversals, ripping reduced
ions free.

The problems are much worse (and more often posted) with small area
electrodes (wire) vs. wide strips or bars. A critical element, ignored by
most, is the need to keep the current density low - stringers of course
totally defeat that goal and crystal growth accelerates with higher current
density.  That is another of the defects I see in the HV process - a high
probability of kicking few ions off, mostly discrete particles!

f...@health2us.com


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/20/00 1:39:19 AM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

 As stated, he provides no tech data other then size and shelf life and it 
 is better then other stuff. No idea if
 arc, shielded, submerged, etc.
 
 f...@health2us.com 

Fred: I believe it's basically submerged -- 
water-jumps-up-to-touch-the-electrode design. Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/20/00 1:39:36 AM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

 Fred: Here goes picky me again, but this time I'll try to be more civil.
 First, I think David Ripley was marketing an HVAC CS machine before Bruce.
 Second, I never claimed I invented anything. I believe, if you'll check the
 record, I said I rediscovered the sputtered form of the HVAC CS process
 100 years too late. Small detail perhaps, but you'll find the devil hidden
 in many mistaken/omitted details.
 
 Look again Roger, I said above:  Roger said HE re invented it 100 years 

Fred: I think your reply speaks for itself. Simply re-read your last sentence 
and my original statement.
  
 You have to give me some latitude in words Roger, I have digital data 
overload
 problems from working two computers 10 hours a day 7 days a week with my
 many web businesses and ecommerce site designs (doing 50 now) and can
 barely remember what I said a few days ago, let alone what you said! Only my
 Eudora spell checker makes any of it readable.

Fred: What did Harry Truman say about heat in the kitchen...?
 
 Fred: I was wondering of the people who produce LVDC CS, what percentage of
 the time do they see a degradation (deeper color, black silver powder
 dropping out, etc.) of their product over time? Perhaps, Fred, you'd like to
 carry the ball on this one by repeating this question every time you post
 something.
 
 Respectfully, Roger
 
 Thanks for the Respectfully, but I am annoying enough already to some,
 to want to keep repeating myself! I can give you a general answer from
 both the questions posted and my experience!
 
 The simpler setups with no circulation and normal electrode spacing
 will have the problem, as a dense ion cloud forms and promotes
 nucleation/crystallization and there are generally conductive stringers
 that form to the bottom and or negative electrode.  It is more often
 referred to as slimy stings and never as a powder, unless disturbed
 (shaken) violently. The fall out may be immediate and prolonged, as
 the many nucleation sites allow continued degradation. Very operator
 and process dependent (and phase of the moon). 

Fred: I think you explained very well my main complaint with this very 
popular and related LVDC CS methods. 

Those that use batteries often report crystal clear product, when the 
batteries are dead! (Really, I heard it reported a few times - one kind soul 
even offered to
 provide a time to replace battery email service.)
 
 The some what popular reversing polarity process prevents the
 stringers and tends to blow the reduced ions off  the negative electrode
 and they will in time settle as a dark powder.  Looks a lot better tho'
 and could be a better product if done right.

Fred: Yes, we hear that key phrase again, if done right.

I expect it is closer to a HV setup - more atoms then ions - but can not 
count them!
 
 The better approach of very light circulation prevents crystal growth and
 or stringers but there are often a few curls of reduced ion growth that
 will fall from the negative and settle immediately to the bottom. We just
 decant, to avoid it.

Fred: Ah, but can you be sure you don't have large clusters remaining, ready 
to flocculate into larger units (and drop out) tomorrow, in two weeks, two 
months ...?

Those that like power and use excessive circulation will produce results the 
same as polarity reversals, ripping reduced ions free.
 
 The problems are much worse (and more often posted) with small area
 electrodes (wire) vs. wide strips or bars. A critical element, ignored by
 most, is the need to keep the current density low - stringers of course
 totally defeat that goal and crystal growth accelerates with higher current
 density.

Fred: Practically speaking, how many non-engineers or non-scientifically bent 
LVDC CS makers will appreciate this excellent point? How many reading your 
comments really know what you are talking about? How many are swallowing a 
poor product right now that may not only have inferior bioavailability, but 
could constitute some longer term health risk?

That is another of the defects I see in the HV process - a high
 probability of kicking few ions off, mostly discrete particles!

Fred: Then how do you explain the potency of my HVAC CS brew at ~ 1 PPM ?
(and don't change the subject about health risk when you have nothing but 
speculation to fall back on.)
 
 Roger


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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread Marshall Dudley
Fred wrote:

  At 09:00 PM 6/19/2000, you wrote:

  Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
  and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
  yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
  what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
  or clean is still questionable!)

 Is his HVAC CS low ph?  Mine is essentially the same as the
 distilled water was that I started with, about 7.

 Marshall

 As stated, he provides no tech data other then size and shelf life and
 it is better then other stuff. No idea if
 arc, shielded, submerged, etc.

He told me on the phone that the electrodes are place just above the
water, and the HV sucks the water up to the electrodes.

Marshall



 f...@health2us.com


RE: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread James Osbourne, Holmes
Submerged, with some arcing permitted at the end of a run.
James Osbourne Holmes
a...@trail.com
FTNWO


-Original Message-
From:   Fred [SMTP:f...@health2us.com]
Sent:   Monday, June 19, 2000 11:48 PM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject:CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S or BS

  File: ATT0.htm  At 09:00 PM 6/19/2000, you wrote:
Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
or clean is still questionable!)

Is his HVAC CS low ph?  Mine is essentially the same as the distilled 
water was that I started with, about 7.
Marshall

As stated, he provides no tech data other then size and shelf life and it 
is better then other stuff. No idea if
arc, shielded, submerged, etc.

f...@health2us.com


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RE: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread James Osbourne, Holmes
Hi Fred,

If you want to question Bruce about anything specific, why don't you write to 
him yourself? 

Although he is quite busy, he will respond to mail.  

James Osbourne Holmes
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FTNWO


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To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject:CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S or BS

  File: ATT5.htm  Alvin said:
Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
http://colloidal.hypermart.net
another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?
--
Well, I had not visited his site for years so I decided to review it
for you Alvin - below are some questionable statements of his:
  (This is not a personal attack,  text is taken in context from his
  widely published comparison of the LV and HVAC processes.
My comments are in blue!)

Bruce Marx is an N.D., a licensed Chief Engineer (CSPRO)
He is the originator of the HVAC process
  (Many will argue that, unless Bruce is very, very old! Roger
said HE re invented it 100 years too late!)

There is constant reference to the 'yellow' or 'golden' color.
As mentioned in the description of the DC process, this
color is a result of the silver 'tarnishing'.  (The accepted opinion
is the particle size determines the color - below he oddly says
the tarnishing makes it heavy and causes very short life due to
settlement?)

Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
or clean is still questionable!)

The flow of the current from the positive (anode) to the negative
  (cathode) causes minute particles of silver to release. Many
particles will immediately oxidize and adhere to the negative
electrode as a black residue (silver oxides), (The general
opinion is they are atoms (reduced ions)  and form weak,
irregular crystal growths and thus the dark color.)

Low voltage DC colloidal silver has a limited 'shelf life'. Due
to the continuing oxidation of the suspended particles, the
solution will turn to a yellow or golden color. During production,
  the particles are given a positive electrical charge. This keeps
  them in suspension by the principle of 'Brownian Motion'. The
  charge dissipates slowly. The increased weight caused by the
  build-up of oxidation, causes the particles to collide and, finally,
  with their charges weakening, settle to the bottom of the container. 
His recently updated main site says LVDC Cs has a shelf life of
only 2 days to 2 weeks!
(Most of this sounds really hoaky and many of us have stable
samples of LVDC Cs well over a year old, to prove it!)

Generally, the higher the operating voltage of the process, the
more 'consistently small' the particles produced. Therefore, as
the voltage goes up, so does the percent of 'Bio-Availability'. At
180 volts DC, the 'Bio-Availability' is over 80%, and at 10,000
volts AC, the 'Bio-Availability' is 100%. (he claims only 30% Bio with
27 VDC - in my book, ions or atoms of silver come in only one size
and only a poor process will allow crystal growth or larger particles.
His photo claiming particles of 0.001 to 0.008 um is of a 6-10um
cluster or particle, so which is he flawing?)

Also, his general approach (marketing) is a scare tactic - the FDA
will shut us all down - you need to be prepared in your shelter with
600 Watt backup generators to run his unit - etc. rather then the
classic promotion of  - has many benefits for you! As some would
say, Where is the proof?, there are no links or references cited to
support any of his views.

In fairness, I must say his technical data (on both sites I viewed)
is a news article he had published on 2/30/96, but on the other
hand, the web pages were updated recently so I must assume
these weird science views are still his!

I would rate him pretty low Alvin!  (Slap me if you disagree!)

P.S. If you find any hoaky/outdated stuff on my site, let me know and
 I will change/update it!  We all learn as we grow, but Bruce has
 been painted as the originator and thus the expert! A few on
 the list will defend him at any cost - such is dedication! He
 certainly appears to make more money then us all, so maybe
 like Bill Gates he can say anything we wants to!

f...@health2us.com




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CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-20 Thread Fred

And the saga continues...
At 11:47 AM 6/20/2000, you wrote:

 You have to give me some latitude in words Roger, I have digital data
overload
 problems from working two computers 10 hours a day 7 days a week with my
 many web businesses and ecommerce site designs (doing 50 now) and can
 barely remember what I said a few days ago, let alone what you said! Only my
 Eudora spell checker makes any of it readable.

Fred: What did Harry Truman say about heat in the kitchen...?
 You are as sympathetic as my ex - do you ever have any compasion, at all?



 Fred: I was wondering of the people who produce LVDC CS, what percentage of
 the time do they see a degradation (deeper color, black silver powder
 dropping out, etc.) of their product over time? Perhaps, Fred, you'd like to
 carry the ball on this one by repeating this question every time you post
 something.

 Respectfully, Roger

 Thanks for the Respectfully, but I am annoying enough already to some,
 to want to keep repeating myself! I can give you a general answer from
 both the questions posted and my experience!

 The simpler setups with no circulation and normal electrode spacing
 will have the problem, as a dense ion cloud forms and promotes
 nucleation/crystallization and there are generally conductive stringers
 that form to the bottom and or negative electrode.  It is more often
 referred to as slimy stings and never as a powder, unless disturbed
 (shaken) violently. The fall out may be immediate and prolonged, as
 the many nucleation sites allow continued degradation. Very operator
 and process dependent (and phase of the moon).

Fred: I think you explained very well my main complaint with this very
popular and related LVDC CS methods.

Yes, and it would also apply to the weird science HVAC process, which sadly
none of the inventors or re-discoverers can explain  - just claiming it 
is better!



Those that use batteries often report crystal clear product, when the
batteries are dead! (Really, I heard it reported a few times - one kind soul
even offered to  provide a time to replace battery email service.)

 The some what popular reversing polarity process prevents the
 stringers and tends to blow the reduced ions off  the negative electrode
 and they will in time settle as a dark powder.  Looks a lot better tho'
 and could be a better product if done right.

Fred: Yes, we hear that key phrase again, if done right.


Seems to fit everything in life - they all have a right and wrong way - only
the individual can make that choice. I chose LVDC and you HVAC!


I expect it is closer to a HV setup - more atoms then ions - but can not
count them!

 The better approach of very light circulation prevents crystal growth and
 or stringers but there are often a few curls of reduced ion growth that
 will fall from the negative and settle immediately to the bottom. We just
 decant, to avoid it.

Fred: Ah, but can you be sure you don't have large clusters remaining, ready
to flocculate into larger units (and drop out) tomorrow, in two weeks, two
months ...?

I got LVDC Cs!
Would 18 month old product with no settlement or reduction in TDS satisfy you!


Those that like power and use excessive circulation will produce results the
same as polarity reversals, ripping reduced ions free.

 The problems are much worse (and more often posted) with small area
 electrodes (wire) vs. wide strips or bars. A critical element, ignored by
 most, is the need to keep the current density low - stringers of course
 totally defeat that goal and crystal growth accelerates with higher current
 density.

Fred: Practically speaking, how many non-engineers or non-scientifically bent
LVDC CS makers will appreciate this excellent point? How many reading your
comments really know what you are talking about? How many are swallowing a
poor product right now that may not only have inferior bioavailability, but
could constitute some longer term health risk?

Do your own annoying surveys, it is too hot in my kitchen!

I do believe only the substance abusers (Cs by the quart or wacky unknown
500PPM stuff) risk their health from inferior product but I have stronger 
concerns

about the still unknown HVAC product, especially the depressed pH type, as more
then water and silver enter into the currently unexplained formula! I am 
glad you

use only 1PPM, so we can continue this friendly fireside chat.


That is another of the defects I see in the HV process - a high
 probability of kicking few ions off, mostly discrete particles!

Fred: Then how do you explain the potency of my HVAC CS brew at ~ 1 PPM ?
(and don't change the subject about health risk when you have nothing but
speculation to fall back on.)

Truthfully, I can not explain something I have not seen - do you have a web 
site

or list of user successes I could place a value judgement on? Mine is at:
http://www.health2us.com/stories.htm. Your court!


 Roger


CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-19 Thread Fred

Alvin said:
Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
http://colloidal.hypermart.net
another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?
--
Well, I had not visited his site for years so I decided to review it
for you Alvin - below are some questionable statements of his:
 (This is not a personal attack,  text is taken in context from his
 widely published comparison of the LV and HVAC processes.
My comments are in blue!)

Bruce Marx is an N.D., a licensed Chief Engineer (CSPRO)
He is the originator of the HVAC process
 (Many will argue that, unless Bruce is very, very old! Roger
said HE re invented it 100 years too late!)

There is constant reference to the 'yellow' or 'golden' color.
As mentioned in the description of the DC process, this
color is a result of the silver 'tarnishing'.  (The accepted opinion
is the particle size determines the color - below he oddly says
the tarnishing makes it heavy and causes very short life due to
settlement?)

Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
or clean is still questionable!)

The flow of the current from the positive (anode) to the negative
 (cathode) causes minute particles of silver to release. Many
particles will immediately oxidize and adhere to the negative
electrode as a black residue (silver oxides), (The general
opinion is they are atoms (reduced ions)  and form weak,
irregular crystal growths and thus the dark color.)

Low voltage DC colloidal silver has a limited 'shelf life'. Due
to the continuing oxidation of the suspended particles, the
solution will turn to a yellow or golden color. During production,
 the particles are given a positive electrical charge. This keeps
 them in suspension by the principle of 'Brownian Motion'. The
 charge dissipates slowly. The increased weight caused by the
 build-up of oxidation, causes the particles to collide and, finally,
 with their charges weakening, settle to the bottom of the container. 
His recently updated main site says LVDC Cs has a shelf life of
only 2 days to 2 weeks!
(Most of this sounds really hoaky and many of us have stable
samples of LVDC Cs well over a year old, to prove it!)

Generally, the higher the operating voltage of the process, the
more 'consistently small' the particles produced. Therefore, as
the voltage goes up, so does the percent of 'Bio-Availability'. At
180 volts DC, the 'Bio-Availability' is over 80%, and at 10,000
volts AC, the 'Bio-Availability' is 100%. (he claims only 30% Bio with
27 VDC - in my book, ions or atoms of silver come in only one size
and only a poor process will allow crystal growth or larger particles.
His photo claiming particles of 0.001 to 0.008 um is of a 6-10um
cluster or particle, so which is he flawing?)

Also, his general approach (marketing) is a scare tactic - the FDA
will shut us all down - you need to be prepared in your shelter with
600 Watt backup generators to run his unit - etc. rather then the
classic promotion of  - has many benefits for you! As some would
say, Where is the proof?, there are no links or references cited to
support any of his views.

In fairness, I must say his technical data (on both sites I viewed)
is a news article he had published on 2/30/96, but on the other
hand, the web pages were updated recently so I must assume
these weird science views are still his!

I would rate him pretty low Alvin!  (Slap me if you disagree!)

P.S. If you find any hoaky/outdated stuff on my site, let me know and
I will change/update it!  We all learn as we grow, but Bruce has
been painted as the originator and thus the expert! A few on
the list will defend him at any cost - such is dedication! He
certainly appears to make more money then us all, so maybe
like Bill Gates he can say anything we wants to!

f...@health2us.com




RE: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-19 Thread James Osbourne, Holmes
(Most of this sounds really hoaky and many of us have stable samples of LVDC 
Cs well over a year old, to prove it!)

Ionic, dissolved silver will be indefinitely stable too, providing the water 
does not provide reactants.

James Osbourne Holmes
a...@trail.com
FTNWO


-Original Message-
From:   Fred [SMTP:f...@health2us.com]
Sent:   Sunday, June 18, 2000 10:50 PM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject:CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S or BS

  File: ATT5.htm  Alvin said:
Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
http://colloidal.hypermart.net
another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?
--
Well, I had not visited his site for years so I decided to review it
for you Alvin - below are some questionable statements of his:
  (This is not a personal attack,  text is taken in context from his
  widely published comparison of the LV and HVAC processes.
My comments are in blue!)

Bruce Marx is an N.D., a licensed Chief Engineer (CSPRO)
He is the originator of the HVAC process
  (Many will argue that, unless Bruce is very, very old! Roger
said HE re invented it 100 years too late!)

There is constant reference to the 'yellow' or 'golden' color.
As mentioned in the description of the DC process, this
color is a result of the silver 'tarnishing'.  (The accepted opinion
is the particle size determines the color - below he oddly says
the tarnishing makes it heavy and causes very short life due to
settlement?)

Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
or clean is still questionable!)

The flow of the current from the positive (anode) to the negative
  (cathode) causes minute particles of silver to release. Many
particles will immediately oxidize and adhere to the negative
electrode as a black residue (silver oxides), (The general
opinion is they are atoms (reduced ions)  and form weak,
irregular crystal growths and thus the dark color.)

Low voltage DC colloidal silver has a limited 'shelf life'. Due
to the continuing oxidation of the suspended particles, the
solution will turn to a yellow or golden color. During production,
  the particles are given a positive electrical charge. This keeps
  them in suspension by the principle of 'Brownian Motion'. The
  charge dissipates slowly. The increased weight caused by the
  build-up of oxidation, causes the particles to collide and, finally,
  with their charges weakening, settle to the bottom of the container. 
His recently updated main site says LVDC Cs has a shelf life of
only 2 days to 2 weeks!
(Most of this sounds really hoaky and many of us have stable
samples of LVDC Cs well over a year old, to prove it!)

Generally, the higher the operating voltage of the process, the
more 'consistently small' the particles produced. Therefore, as
the voltage goes up, so does the percent of 'Bio-Availability'. At
180 volts DC, the 'Bio-Availability' is over 80%, and at 10,000
volts AC, the 'Bio-Availability' is 100%. (he claims only 30% Bio with
27 VDC - in my book, ions or atoms of silver come in only one size
and only a poor process will allow crystal growth or larger particles.
His photo claiming particles of 0.001 to 0.008 um is of a 6-10um
cluster or particle, so which is he flawing?)

Also, his general approach (marketing) is a scare tactic - the FDA
will shut us all down - you need to be prepared in your shelter with
600 Watt backup generators to run his unit - etc. rather then the
classic promotion of  - has many benefits for you! As some would
say, Where is the proof?, there are no links or references cited to
support any of his views.

In fairness, I must say his technical data (on both sites I viewed)
is a news article he had published on 2/30/96, but on the other
hand, the web pages were updated recently so I must assume
these weird science views are still his!

I would rate him pretty low Alvin!  (Slap me if you disagree!)

P.S. If you find any hoaky/outdated stuff on my site, let me know and
 I will change/update it!  We all learn as we grow, but Bruce has
 been painted as the originator and thus the expert! A few on
 the list will defend him at any cost - such is dedication! He
 certainly appears to make more money then us all, so maybe
 like Bill Gates he can say anything we wants to!

f...@health2us.com




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Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-19 Thread Marshall Dudley
Fred wrote:

On Bruce Marx's site:

 There is constant reference to the 'yellow' or 'golden' color.
 As mentioned in the description of the DC process, this
 color is a result of the silver 'tarnishing'.  (The accepted opinion
 is the particle size determines the color - below he oddly says
 the tarnishing makes it heavy and causes very short life due to
 settlement?)


Yes, this is absolutely wrong.  Tarnish is caused by reaction with
sulfur.  There is NO sulfur present in any of the processes.


 Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
 and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
 yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
 what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
 or clean is still questionable!)


Is his HVAC CS low ph?  Mine is essentially the same as the distilled
water was that I started with, about 7.


 The flow of the current from the positive (anode) to the negative
  (cathode) causes minute particles of silver to release. Many
 particles will immediately oxidize and adhere to the negative
 electrode as a black residue (silver oxides), (The general
 opinion is they are atoms (reduced ions)  and form weak,
 irregular crystal growths and thus the dark color.)


Silver does not easily combine with oxygen, ie. O2.  At the cathode O is
formed which is very reactive and may to some extent produce silver
oxide.  I believe it is likely a combination of both silver particles
and silver oxide on the cathode.


 Low voltage DC colloidal silver has a limited 'shelf life'. Due
 to the continuing oxidation of the suspended particles, the
 solution will turn to a yellow or golden color.

That is wrong, silver does not react with O2 under normal conditions,
plus silver oxide is not yellow, it is black.

Marshall


Re: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-19 Thread ROGALTMAN
In a message dated 6/19/00 11:39:31 AM EST, f...@health2us.com writes:

 Alvin said:
 Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
 http://colloidal.hypermart.net
 another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
 use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?
 --
 Well, I had not visited his site for years so I decided to review it
 for you Alvin - below are some questionable statements of his:
   (This is not a personal attack,  text is taken in context from his
   widely published comparison of the LV and HVAC processes.
 My comments are in blue!)
 
 Bruce Marx is an N.D., a licensed Chief Engineer (CSPRO)
 He is the originator of the HVAC process
   (Many will argue that, unless Bruce is very, very old! Roger
 said HE re invented it 100 years too late!)

Fred: Here goes picky me again, but this time I'll try to be more civil. 
First, I think David Ripley was marketing an HVAC CS machine before Bruce. 
Second, I never claimed I invented anything. I believe, if you'll check the 
record, I said I rediscovered the sputtered form of the HVAC CS process 
100 years too late. Small detail perhaps, but you'll find the devil hidden 
in many mistaken/omitted details. 

 There is constant reference to the 'yellow' or 'golden' color.
 As mentioned in the description of the DC process, this
 color is a result of the silver 'tarnishing'.  (The accepted opinion
 is the particle size determines the color - below he oddly says
 the tarnishing makes it heavy and causes very short life due to
 settlement?)
 
 Colloidal silver produced by the HVAC process is pure, clean
 and clear...Particle size is between .002 to .007-9 micron,
 yielding 100% 'Bio-Availability'  (Most of us are concerned about
 what contaminates in HVAC Cs cause the very low pH , so pure
 or clean is still questionable!)
 
 The flow of the current from the positive (anode) to the negative
   (cathode) causes minute particles of silver to release. Many
 particles will immediately oxidize and adhere to the negative
 electrode as a black residue (silver oxides), (The general
 opinion is they are atoms (reduced ions)  and form weak,
 irregular crystal growths and thus the dark color.)
 
 Low voltage DC colloidal silver has a limited 'shelf life'. Due
 to the continuing oxidation of the suspended particles, the
 solution will turn to a yellow or golden color. During production,
   the particles are given a positive electrical charge. This keeps
   them in suspension by the principle of 'Brownian Motion'. The
   charge dissipates slowly. The increased weight caused by the
   build-up of oxidation, causes the particles to collide and, finally,
   with their charges weakening, settle to the bottom of the container. 
 His recently updated main site says LVDC Cs has a shelf life of
 only 2 days to 2 weeks!
 (Most of this sounds really hoaky and many of us have stable
 samples of LVDC Cs well over a year old, to prove it!)

Fred: I was wondering of the people who produce LVDC CS, what percentage of 
the time do they see a degradation (deeper color, black silver powder 
dropping out, etc.) of their product over time? Perhaps, Fred, you'd like to 
carry the ball on this one by repeating this question every time you post 
something.  

Respectfully,

Roger
 
 


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RE: CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-17 Thread James Osbourne, Holmes
Difficult to understand your question.  Marx have never said that LVDC is 
bad.  Only that some processes produce a lot of junk and large particles.

In fact, he manufactures and sells a variety of LVDC devices himself.  Look 
again.

James Osbourne Holmes
a...@trail.com
FTNWO


-Original Message-
From:   Alvin Rose [SMTP:ar...@nf.sympatico.ca]
Sent:   Saturday, June 17, 2000 11:56 AM
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject:CSBruce Marx Web Site  C/S or BS

Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
http://colloidal.hypermart.net
another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?



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CSBruce Marx Web Site C/S or BS

2000-06-17 Thread Alvin Rose
Did anyone visit Bruce Marx's web site at
http://colloidal.hypermart.net
another great claim of superior C/S and why we shouldn't
use the LVDC process...Is it BS or not?



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