Carrole,
I realized that I didn't address all your concerns below in my last
post. So...
It doesn't matter if the rods touch the walls of the jar, assuming the
jar is made of glass. There may be some performance degradation but it
would be small.
I do sometimes just hook the ends of the silver rods over the lip of the
jar and clip the wires to the top of the rods. This has the advantage
that you can slide the rods along the lip of the jar until you get the
separation distance you want.
I think that a quart is a sizable task for the first effort. I know that
I started with a pint jar. I remember the uncertainties of my first few
attempts. I was no different than you so ask all the questions you want.
This forum is excellent and there are many people in the forum who are
much more knowledgeable than me but we all started out with questions
and uncertainties. I depend on this forum to tell me when I am in error.
As you do a few brews you will get a better feeling for what to do and
don't worry too much about the first effort.
I tend to try and explain all I can but it maybe too much sometimes. If
I confuse you let me know.
Don't worry too much about everything being perfect. If you use
distilled water without any other additives, except a CS starter if you
have it, the process is much more forgiving than you might think.
I hope you don't have a hardware problem though. That would make your
first time very difficult because you may not yet be able to recognize
when the hardware is the problem. After you have a few tries under your
belt you'll know when something is not right.
Best of Luck,
Steve
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From: Carrole Orme [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: CS>adding cs to next batch
Hi Steve
I was wondering if you add CS to your next batch what do you do with the
batch after that
If you use some of that CS again aren't you using some of the same cs
over and over again
I will make quite a bit of CS because I have a quart size jar I guess I
could use a bigger jar but I am more comfortable with this quart size
right now and would like to get this perfected 1st
I was also having trouble keeping my silver rods from not going to the
wall of the jar or moving too much so that I couldn't keep them straight
or as close as I would like
I have got a plastic top which I cut a slice into to put rods in
It does help but I still can have trouble
sometimes I am not sure I have them lined up very well because of them
moving
I do not get black on rods just a faint amount
thanks for every ones help I am trying to take it in I am not that great
with always understanding some of the more complicated things with
making CS but I am trying to make the best CS I can
Carrole
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