What you have sounds right. I think from your later description it may
have run a bit long, crystal clear is best, but light yellow is still
good. I have made thousands of gallons of CS and have never seen
bubbles. I suspect it may have to do with how pure your water is, or
maybe your current level. It is normal for the rods to get black, or at
least one to get black and the other more of a brown or tan color. The
black, on the cathode, which will grow fuzz if the ppm of the CS is
getting high, is silver powder, that is plated out of solution when the
solution gets loaded with silver, and the tan on the anode is silver
oxide. You can swap the polarity, and the silver that was plated out
will then go into solution, and the silver oxide will get reduced, so
that there is little if any buildup. Some people swap the polarity
every time they brew, I switch mine ever 60 seconds so there is never
any buildup to speak of.
BTW, I somehow did not see your original question. Sorry for the lack
of response.
Marshall
j.sherri wrote:
Hi Joseph,
I set up a barebones type of generator - 4 9v's - 2 rods that I got
off ebay that said .9999, 2 9v connectors and 2 alligator clips. I am
using whatever distilled water I can get - unfortunately it's not easy
to find where I live and the one place I did find - perhaps didn't
have the absolute best. But it is what it is - and that is that I
used. About 15 minutes after hooking everything up I noticed both rods
getting black. One then started getting fuzzy black. I kept the power
going for about 3 hours, during which I adjusted the connectors a bit
and then started noticing the particles rising. The result was a light
yellow.
I am dealing with 3 sick cats in Israel. It's the best I can do. I
need help with this, no doubt. I did dose them with it anyway because
simply I have nothing else I can give them. That's the story. I'm
hoping I can get some kind of distiller down the line but right now
I'm tapped out financially as well. So it's just blessing after blessing.
Stay cool.
Joy
Hi Joy,
First off, forgive this list for ignoring your question. I expected
someone more knowledgeable than myself to respond as I consider
myself a newbie too. Hopefully someone answered your questions off
list. This is a wonderful list but newbies do get ignored sometimes.
A little baffling when a newbie doesn't get answered about basic CS.
To answer your questions, No I probably would not drink it. & No, I
have never seen bubbles in mine. If you have external uses, foot
bath, cuts, rashes fungus, etc., use it for that. Or maybe let it
settle & "decant" whatever sinks.
Here's some questions for you. What do you mean by "generator?" Hows
your cs maker built? Is it DC? Direct current? Do you know the
voltage? If its a plug in transformer, like from radio shack, it'll
say a number followed by the letter "V". Are you using batteries? If
you connect them end to end, like in a flashlight, you add the
voltages together.
Mine is a dc wall transformer, it runs 12v for 30-60 minutes, then I
turn it over to reverse the polarity for another bit of time.
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*From: *"j.sherri" <beitharm...@gmail.com
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*Date: *August 21, 2009 2:05:25 AM PDT
*To: *silver-l...@eskimo.com <mailto:silver-list@eskimo.com>
*Subject: **CS>Making first batch - Couple of questions?*
Hi,
I put up a bare bones generator and both rods are black one with
barnacles. Not seeing any activity such as bubbles. It's been an
hour. How long does it take for the tiny bubbles to start? Is that a
perquisite even?
Thanks so much,
Joy
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