Because the steam (heat) distills the silver out. I've been putting my homemade CSW in a cold air humidifier for years...With steam humidifiers, after a while you should see silver buildup.
John On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:05 PM, jessie70 <jessi...@optonline.net> wrote: > John how does a cold air humidifer get the solution in the air? Jess > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* John E. Stevens [mailto:jonellis.steven...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:49 PM > *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: CS>bronchitis ? > > Better to use a cold air humidifier with CSW. > > John > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:46 PM, sol <sol...@sweetwaterhsa.com> wrote: > >> Because the silver will distill out. Steam humidifiers are similar to >> steam distillers, except with no provision to collect the distilled steam >> and condense it back into water. Silver is left behind, just as are other >> ions and particles. This is just basic science of distilling, some volatiles >> will transfer in the steam, but silver is not a volatile, neither are salts. >> This is why scale builds up in such humidifiers--it is the stuff that is >> left behind that is not contained in the steam. >> As to keeping the water free of bacteria, silver is used for that many >> places world wide. Dentist offices, in the space shuttles I'm told, and so >> forth. >> sol >> >> >> At 09:18 AM 1/19/2010, you wrote: >> >>> How do you know this >>> >>> In a message dated 1/13/2010 12:47:42 A.M. Central Standard Time, >>> sol...@sweetwaterhsa.com writes: >>> It is safe and will keep the tank water clean, but the silver does >>> not pass into the steam but is left behind in the tank. >>> >>> sol >>> >>> > >>> >Last night I put a simple $20 steam humidifier in his room and added >>> >about 8 oz of colloidal silver to the water. He seems much better >>> >this morning. I was just wondering if this is safe....to add >>> >colloidal silver to tap water in a steamer? >>> >>> >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com >> >> Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com >> >> The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >> >> > >
