Fred wrote:
> Jeff said: Why is one electrode suspended above the electrolyte for the HVAC > process? > > Fred - So you can impress your friends with the mysticism? I don't know, but > it will > act as a voltage dropping device (so why did we use so high a voltage?)! Try > calculating > the voltage drop on the water - if you have 10KV and your solution was 30K > ohm you would > be passing 1/3 amp! Now the transformer is current limiting to maybe 33 mills > (zero volts out), > so maybe 1/10 of the 10KV is impressed on the water - so the HV is needed > mostly for the > electrostatic energy to help stir things up (blast the sludge) and build a > "neato mystical" cone. > Jeff expirimented: Well, here's what I just did. I set up my 20KV AC supply with one electrode suspended above the water and one in the water (electrodes 2 troy oz each). It produced the usual cone and I measured the transformer secondary current. It started at 17ma. I ran about 45 minutes, until the cone dropped off, and at no time did the current exceed 20ma. The supply is rated for20kv @23ma. I didn't attempt to measure the electrode voltage, however I easily pulled a 1.5" arc in parallel with the electrolyte. This proved to me that the voltage is not dropping, nor the load excessive. I also tried immersion of both electrodes at the start. This increased the current by 2ma. The only purpose I can see for the cone is that it gives an indication that could be used for consistency. I conclude that the water is not purely resistive to 60Hz AC. There must be a reactive component that is limiting the current. I also believe that this component is inductive and that the cone itself is due to an inductive / magnetic property of the water as AC current is passed. This would explain why high voltage is required when using AC. To flow 20ma using DC and distilled water, I estimate my voltage would be in the area of 2000 volts to start. However, flowing 20ma for 45 minutes would produce a very dark product, as I recall. The AC product is clear. I still feel that the AC process and the DC process are making 2 different products. Which is better?...I don't know. Their effect on my Lyme seems different too. The yellow LVDC stuff has helped a lot. The herx from the HVAC is strong with lots of cardiac effects...makes me feel bad...which might be good? The batch I made with 20kv AC is now brewing with 12 volts DC applied (same electrolyte). It started at about 0.6ma. It's been running for about 2 hours and is up to 1.5ma. I'll probably stop at 2ma. Tomorrow I'll give it the Lyme herx test. Please, comments and criticism are welcome, as I know not what I do! Jeff -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
