Hello Ian, The cones are quite high; at least 3/8 inch. I will measure them carefully next run. I had a setback today; my Spec. stopped working and I spent a lot of time figuring out it was the light source, because I got an Ohms reading through a burned-out bulb.
I have become accustomed to using PPM because that is what most everyone on the list uses. I don't have a direct formula to convert mS to PPM, but I will get one. My meter displays either. Microsiemens are a measure of conductance; it is the Ohm---unit of resistance, upside down; the reciprocal or 1/Ohms. It is used to describe the purity of water: the lower the mS reading, the less other things it has in it, and the less conductive it is. PPM meters are conductivity meters calibrated in PPM, based on a particular solute, for example most of them use a solution of salt of a given concentration to calibrate. Different solutes will actually have a different PPM when matching the conductivity of salt, but it is close enough for most work. The water I am producing currently measures 0.4 [zero point four] mS. That is about 17 times purer than the 7 mS water. Bruce says a starting water of about 0.8 is optimal. I am adding CACO3 to improve conductivity, but I don't know what the CO3 is doing in the process. Send the water and some of your silver; I will do a PPM test on both the water and the sol. For a limited control, you could also have Bob Berger test it. Thank you for your offer of help. Please send it to: Aztec 1710 Lena Santa Fe New Mexico PC 87505 -----Original Message----- From: roesil...@aol.com [SMTP:roesil...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 7:08 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>High Concentration HVAC CS--additional comments In a message dated 9/14/1999 8:44:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, a...@trail.com writes: << I like Bruce's units very much. He has been very helpful in trying to solve the low yield problem, but we are both stumped. I trust his data. I think the problem lies with my water, which is Santa Fe city water through a RO and a Still, with Carbon for the light organics. >> James, how high are the cones that you are pulling? I tried several different brands of distilled water up here in Toronto locally. There is only one brand that consistently allows me to pull cones about 3/8" to 1/2" from the surface. (Crystal Springs) They measure their dissolved solids by something called microsiemens, whatever they are, (don't know) and they say theirs is less than 12, and usually about 7. A local fellow has tried using his distiller, pre and post filtering with carbon, then double distilling and triple distilling but he hasn't yet been able to do any better than the off brands of distilled that I buy which only pull cones 1/16" to 1/8" high. I think Bruce has consistently said that the quality of the water you start with sure makes a big difference. I could probably ship 4 liters of the stuff to you for you to try out and a pint of the product for you to test if you want. I'd be interested in knowing how you make out with it. Email me privately if you wish this. ian...@aol.com Ian -- 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>
