I suggest the aquarium heater only to bring the solution up to temp for starting only. For me, it would be quicker/easier than moving the tank to a sink full of hot water and monitoring it. I would remove the heater during the process. With the HVAC process, the temp rises quite a bit during processing, so to maintain a fixed temp you would need cooling. Not a light-duty task. A heading pad will probably have a stronger inductive field than the fish heater anyway.
Considering the amps in a LVDC process, and the length of run, I doubt if there is much meassurable heating. I am more concerned with consistency; i.e. eliminating at least one variable, and having an adequate start conductivity than maintaining the temperature during the process. If the room temp is constant, then the rise from start will be the same---except for other tweaky variables. My 1/2 g. pot is plastic, so I would need to create a double boiler to use the thing over a flame. It only takes about 10 minutes if you place the tank in a sink full of hot water. The pain is having to watch it so you don't get it too hot, and then have to cool it. Thanks for the input. James Osbourne, Holmes a...@trail.com -----Original Message----- From: Mary & Gary Christensen [SMTP:christens...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 11:04 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>How to heat solution? Just a thought for you, maybe you could try heating with something other than the electricity to avoid any inductive fields. A gas cook top or a propane camp stove. -----Original Message----- From: James Osbourne, Holmes <a...@trail.com> To: 'silver-list@eskimo.com' <silver-list@eskimo.com> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 4:51 AM Subject: RE: CS>How to heat solution? >Try an immersion aquarium heater. >James Osbourne, Holmes > >a...@trail.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve King [SMTP:ssk...@nildram.co.uk] >Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 4:44 AM >To: silver-list@eskimo.com >Subject: CS>How to heat solution? > >>>Heating the water during processing also stirs things up a bunch, but >it does introduce a whole host of variables that are difficult to >control and not well understood. > > >Hi all > >I'm new to the list and I have already found it >very very valuable. So here's a quick question >about heat. . . > >I have found when using DC (777SE) that ambient >temperature seems to greatly affect production >rate. On a cold day, the process takes a lot longer. > >Any ideas about how to keep the process warm >without introducing more variables. For instance, >I would hesitate to put the glass CS vessel on a >hot plate because the elements in the hot >plate will introduce fields into the solution. >What about a large container of water on >a heating pad with the CS jar elevated (on >glass) inside , like a double boiler? e.g.: > > lid > CS jar > non-conducting spacer > large container of water > heating pad > > >In general, how far from the heating pad >would the CS jar need to be to greatly >reduce the amount of electrical fields >that the solution is subjected to? > >thanx! > >Steve King > > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> > >
