Hi Marshall, I agree with your points. To remedy this I am currently in the process of purchasing a water distiller. I will report back once I am able to brew again! many thanks for your reply.
On 7 Jun 2011, at 18:38, Marshall <mdud...@king-cart.com> wrote: > From your description it sounds like your current was 1.5 mA initially. Since > your maximum voltage is 30 volts, I would expect the current to be no more > than a few microamps at the start, and approach or hit the 1.5 mA near the > end of brewing. If it is running 1.5 mA initially, then the water is not > pure, regardless of what the meter says. What did you wash the bottle out > with? Any soap remaining at all can ruin the whole process. > > Marshall > > On 6/6/2011 2:27 PM, Asif Nathekar wrote: >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> I am very new to the list and I am sorry if am asking something that may >> have been answered many times before (I couldn't find a FAQ .. or a sticky >> post...). >> >> It was from reading the excellent posts from this silver-list that I have >> decided to make my own CS.. >> >> I used to buy my CS, however I decided to make my own CS primarily due to >> the fact that the amount being used warranted that I make my own. >> >> I got my friendly jeweler to rollout a Canadian maple leaf coin 99.99% >> purity into a wire (bought from a respected coin dealer and also tested with >> a silver testing kit, which gave me a rough idea that it wasn't a fake coin) >> >> Then made a very simple circuit arrangement using a 30V dc power supply, >> into an lm338 and also tried with a lm317 regulator used in a current >> controlling mode, set to 1.5ma (since i couldn't get it to go any lower). >> >> I am stirring the water with a motor which is spinning a plastic knife >> around, in a 300g glass coffee jar, to delay agglomeration. >> >> When used with distilled water (steam distilled by my friend with his own >> distiller - he needs it for his silvergen sg6) - I have a water meter that >> which measured 0 micro siemens for the water), I created bits of silver that >> I could see visually... like very microscopic glitter, which I know is >> incorrect and there were sparklies on top and sludge gathering at the >> bottom... >> >> I had an initial arrangement of 1 anode and 1 cathodes 15cm each 1.25mm >> wide exactly, and then placed them 2cm electrode to electrode, which was >> really bad!... >> >> I then made an array of 3 anodes and 3 cathodes 15cm each 1.25mm wide >> exactly, perfectly parallel to each other, and then placed them 3.5cm >> electrode to electrode...which helped significantly... but still not >> perfect.. >> >> water is room temperature and definitely no additives like salt, Bicarb or >> even CS!... >> >> Voltage does indeed drop slowly over two hours, and current maintained at >> 1.5ma and then hovers at around 5-6 volts which seems to be the saturation >> point, when it first gets to around 6 volts i found its around 9 micro >> seimens. but visible particles of silver..... >> >> I thought at 1.5ma for even 1 anode setup that I would be ok, and >> not overdrive it... but clearly something isn't right.... >> >> So I may have not done something right, or not understood the process, or >> something could be faulty .. or a combination therein.... >> >> Would you kind people help shed some light on what's going on here..... >> >> Many Thanks, >> >> Asif. >> >
