I know we've done this before but I can't get my head round it at all I'm afraid. My TDS meter reads 000 on my distilled water, which to me means that there is 0 dissolved substances in it. I mean, I know there is probably some that are too small for the meter to read. When I did my first batch of DW, I ran tap water through a Brita filter *before* distilling. The water then read 002 and when I distilled it again, it read 003! I don't understand this but assumed it must have been *something* in the filter of the Brita vessel. Anyway, since then I followed Ode's advice and boil cold tap water (which reads at around 255 before distilling) then distill it - pouring off the first lot which comes through. This finished product always reads 000 on the meter and has always produced consistently clear CS - until this latest incident with the yellowing. I am convinced now that it is because I cleaned the rods wrongly. dee
On 13 Apr 2010, at 21:06, sol wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Dorothy Fitzpatrick <d...@deetroy.org> >> >> I did put in three drops of the 3% Dave and when it went grey, I put in some >> more but it went nearly black! I assumed it was because there is something >> else in the 3%. dee >> >> > I only ever had one batch do that, it went from very dark yellow, to cloudy > brown, to cloudy dark grey-almost black from adding peroxide. I suspect there > were a lot of very large silver particles in the batch to begin with. It was > so many years ago, and I did throw out that batch, but now wish I had > continued to add a bit of peroxide every couple days to see what would have > happened. > It also may have been a batch that started with very bad distilled water, as > it was from before I had a test meter, and didn't realize how bad commercial > distilled water could be around here. I'm having very good results from > commercially sold distilled water these days...........I think it comes from > a different source than it used to do. > Because you are using a TDS, even testing your distilled water beforehand, > you could have very poor DW to start with, and the contaminants in the DW > could vary from time to time, batch to batch once in a while. I say that > because the commercial DW I'm using now with clear CS results is higher in uS > than the water I distilled myself (double distilling). > Home distilling: to get clear finished CS the water had to be .2uS to .3 uS > if single distilled, or no higher than .4uS after double distilling. > The commercial DW we're getting now is much higher--in fact the water from a > new jug I just opened read 5.0 uS. So I'm about to find out if that will > make yellow CS or not. > It seems to me I have conclusive proof that it isn't just the uS reading of > the distilled water but also WHAT it is that is in the DW that is raising the > conductance. > sol > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
