Hi Maryann, I bought one of these generatory last June. Since I'm llving over here in Germany, I had to get the Universal one cause of the european voltage which is about $40 bucks more. It was a disappointment to see that the extra $40 bucks was for something I could get at Radio Shack back in the States for a few bucks. Then I can't tell you if the red light that is on there ever went on. Its supposed to "turn off" and let you kow it was done. With mine, I have to keepp watching it til the green light goes off, cause it will keep on brewing.
I can't say that it only takes 3 hours to make a 10ppm mix, I've had a good 6 plus hours, but maybe we could blame that on sea level, atmospheric pressure, and electromagnetic fields. I attempted a 25 ppm mix, but that one turned to a violet tint for some reason. I watered the plants with that one. The second batch is still practically as clear as water, but that might be cause I watched it more closely, and turned if off after about 14 hours. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to have this thing, cause I figure if it should ever fail on me totally, at least I'll have the parts and set up that maybe I can fix it for real, and make it whole, but as is, I'm pretty disappointed. I also made a lid with slits for the silver electrodes for my brewing jar, its a real pain to try to get the strips to hang somewhat aligned to each other with the right distance between them. Now its so much easier, and there's even a bit more extra silver dispensed into the water. I'm just passing this along as my own personal review of this particular generator. I am in the market for possibly a second generator, but the one I want would be too costly to send over here, so I'll just sit tight, and wait for something to come along. Aldi On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:01 AM, MaryAnn Helland <marmar...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > Hi Sara. It's a great generator. I've had mine for almost ten years. > During that time, it has made no less than three batches a week, and at > times I've made as many as fourteen batches a week (2 per day). It is a > quality unit, worry-free. You'll enjoy the "bells and whistles", once you > know what they are and how to put them to use. You may find that it doesn't > take as long to make a batch, as they say. I never seed my batches, but I'm > looking for a low-ppm (5-10) and it can take as few as three hours to make a > quart. And yes -- it makes "the good stuff"!! :-) > MA >
